knots
美 [nɑt] 
英 [nɒt]
- n.（用绳索等打的）结；发髻；节子；节疤
- v.把…打成结（或扎牢）；缠结；打发髻；紧缩
- 网络结头；绳结；海里
词形变化
复数：knots 过去式：knotted 现在分词：knotting 同义词
英汉双解
绳索in string/rope
1. | （用绳索等打的）结a join made by tying together two pieces or ends of string, rope, etc. |
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| Tie the two ropes together with a knot. 将这两根绳子打结系在一起。 |
| hair full of knots and tangles(= twisted in a way that is difficult to comb ) 缠结在一起乱糟糟的头发 |
头发of hair
2. | 发髻a way of twisting hair into a small round shape at the back of the head |
| She had her hair in a knot. 她把头发打了个髻。 |
木头in wood
3. | 节子；节疤a hard round spot in a piece of wood where there was once a branch |
一群人group of people
4. | 一小群人a small group of people standing close together |
肌肉of muscles
5. | （由紧张、恼怒等引起的胃、喉等的）痉挛，郁结，哽咽，哽塞a tight, hard feeling in the stomach, throat, etc. caused by nerves, anger, etc. |
| My stomach was in knots. 我的心揪得紧紧的。 |
| I could feel a knot of fear in my throat. 我很害怕，感到喉咙发紧。 |
船╱飞机的速度speed of boat/plane
6. | 节（船和航空器的速度计量单位，每小时一海里）a unit for measuring the speed of boats and aircraft; one nautical mile per hour |
打结tie with knot
1. | [t] ~ sth 把…打成结（或扎牢）to fasten sth with a knot or knots |
| He carefully knotted his tie. 他仔细地打着领带。 |
缠绕twist
2. | [i] 缠结to become twisted into a knot |
3. | [t] ~ sth 打发髻to twist hair into a particular shape |
| She wore her hair loosely knotted on top of her head. 她在头顶上打了个松松的发髻。 |
肌肉muscles
4. | [i][t] ~ (sth) （因害怕、激动等而）痉挛，紧缩，使痉挛if muscles, etc.knot or sthknots them, they become hard and painful because of fear, excitement, etc. |
| She felt her stomach knot with fear. 她感到害怕，心都揪紧了。 |
习惯用语
get knotted
滚蛋；见鬼去；别烦人a rude way of telling sb to go away or of telling them that you are annoyed with them
英汉解释
n. | 3. (树木或木材上的)节疤;(人或动物身上的)硬块,节,瘤 4. 难事,难题,麻烦事;(问题的)要点;(戏剧,小说的)情节的征结 |
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英英解释
例句
It's no wonder that, in trying to do all this, many innovators (and companies) get twisted up in knots.
难怪许多创新者（和公司）为了做到这一切而出现扭曲的情况。
The same day, I'd observed an editor in my own office tying himself in knots trying to describe an article that he genuinely admired.
就在同一天，我看到同一间办公室里一位编辑正纠结于如何评价自己真正欣赏的一篇文章。
With the use of just a few simple props, it's easy to sooth the tense knots on your own, without the help of a profession or even a partner.
无需专业指导，也不用麻烦同伴，只用一些简单的小道具，就能自己舒展开来。
The sun was just beginning to set as the weaver birds tied off the last knots in the soaring thatched roof.
就在太阳即将落下之前，织巢鸟在高高的房顶上打完了最后一个草结。
Between 12 and 14 knots of wind and a bit of chop, strong sunshine and a beautiful blue sea, the Kiwis played the game "comfortably" .
12到14节的风力，略有波澜的海面，明媚的阳光，湛蓝的海水，Kiwi们今天状态极佳。
The little girl's experience with the kidnapper tied her in knots and it was hard for her to sleep well for a long time.
这个小女孩遭绑架的经历使她十分紧张，很长时间睡不好觉。
It is not enough to have found a general solution to the problem of Borromean knots, for an infinite number of Borromean knots.
光是替波罗米安结找到一般性的解决办法，并不足够，因为波罗米安结数量无穷尽。
What's the matter with her? She seems to have the knots in her stomach.
她怎么啦？好像很不安似的。
The knots are pulled tightly together and are sturdy enough to be used for binding or wrapping, making them very practical.
该节是紧紧拉在一起，是坚固的，足以用于约束力或包装，使他们非常实际的。
She had been busily untying the knots in a handkerchief and now she poured out a handful of pennies on the counter.
她急忙把手帕上的结解开，将一把便士倒在柜台上。“我把所有的钱都拿出来了。”
As the ship advanced through the water the knots were counted as they passed through a seaman's hands.
当船先进通过水结数点他们穿过一个海员的手中。
First, he took a young bamboo shoot, blew through it to make the knots disappear , and used it to sip water from the pond.
首先，他取来一根嫩竹笋，打通了所有的竹节，接着他又用它从池塘里吸水。
But she said her "stomach is in knots" most days thinking about what she might encounter each day.
但是她说女儿因此常常很不安，总在想会遇到什么麻烦事。
With a range of cruise speeds that extends up to 370 knots, or 425mph, a pilot needs to be thinking far ahead of the aircraft.
这种飞机的巡航速度可以达到每小时370海里，或者每小时425英里。飞行员的思维需要远远快于飞机。
From bizarre antimatter to experiments that tie light up in knots, physics has revealed some spooky sides of our world.
从奇异的反物质到把光捆扎成结的实验，物理学已经揭示了我们世界的一些幽灵般的奇异方面。
Yesterday we were running down the wind at the speed of twelve knots an hour.
昨天我们以每小时十二海里的速度顺风航行。
The problem, it turned out, popped up in the middle of the knots' trip: at a stopover site in Maryland, at Delaware Bay.
事实证明，问题原来发生在旅途之中：它们中途降落在马里兰州的停留地，特拉华湾。
Yeah, my stomach is in knots, and i can't seem to catch my breath.
是的，我胃不舒服，感觉喘不过气来。
Knots and tangles, Jaime thought, wishing he could cut through all of it with one swift stroke of his sword.
真是一团乱麻，詹姆想，希望自己能干净利落地一剑砍断这些乱七八糟的玩意儿。
Make traditional sale, want to be faced with these a Gordian knots from beginning to end, so I choose additional monarch path.
做传统销售，始终要面临这些棘手的问题，所以我选择另辟蹊径。
The ship was sailing before the wind, ten knots an hour.
轮船在顺风行驶，时速10海里。
Clean timber has no knots in it.
光洁的木料没有节子。
She teased out the knots in her hair.
她梳理缠结的头发。
His stomach was all in knots.
他的胃收缩成一团。
The ship has a speed of 30 knots.
这条船时速30海里。
I can not ravel this piece of string, it's all in knots.
这条绳子打了好多结，我解不开。
She also found that Italian fashion designers are now tying themselves up in knots about what being an "Italian" designer really means.
她还发现，对于何谓“意大利设计师”这个问题，意大利时装界如今深感困惑。
Its new HondaJet will be one of the fastest VLJs, with a cruise speed of 420 knots and space for up to six passengers.
他们新的“本田机”将会是最快的VLJ机型之一，巡航速度将达420节，拥有容纳六位乘客的空间。
The villagers chanted to call the spirits home and tied bits of white string on to my wrists with three knots.
村民们唱起招魂的歌谣，把打有三个结的白色线绳系在我的手腕上。
The history of multiculturalism offers a telling example of how bad reasoning can tie people up in terrible knots of their own making.
多元文化主义的历史提供了一个生动例证，说明糟糕的推理如何能够使人们作茧自缚。
However many knots he has undone by the time her song ends is the number of years she will spend with him.
当歌声结束的时候，新郎解开了多少个扣子，新娘就会跟他定下为期多少年的婚约。
but that would tie him in legal knots and might undermine confidence in the rule of law.
但这将会使他卷入是否合法的争论而且可能会损坏法律的权威。
By trapping, marking, and weighing the knots, biologists have been able to piece together some alarming trends in Delaware Bay.
通过对一些红腹滨鹬的捕捉，标记和称重，生物学家已经能够在美国特拉华州湾里，拼凑出一幅令人担忧的趋势图。
Europe has tied itself in knots trying to "manage" trade in Chinese textiles.
欧洲则让人困惑的要“管理”与中国的纺织品贸易。
China has tied itself in knots trying to regulate a shape-shifting industry.
中国在试图监管日新月异的互联网行业方面已变得手忙脚乱。
My colleague's quandary illustrates why privacy advocates work themselves into knots about this kind of site.
我大雪同学的遭遇举例说明了为什么有些个人主义者给这种网站于压力的原因。
Okay good, so you haven't actually got it even if we got tied up in a few knots there.
好，你们其实没有真正明白，即使我打了个结。
The ship was sailing before the wind, ten knots an hour.
轮船在顺风行驶，时速10海里。
If we just do a planning factor of 120 knots or 110 knots, it's going to tell you, 'wow, that was like a five-hour operation. '
如果我们再考虑到速度是120节或110节，你就会知道，‘哇，这是个5小时的行动。’
The more Brian tried to explain why he was late the more he tied himself in knots.
布赖恩越想解释他为什么迟到，结果越使人对他不理解。
But when they reached up, their fingers fumbling over the knots of our spines, they realized that nothing was tangled at all.
但是她们伸进手，摸索到我们脊椎打的结时，才意识到根本没有什么缠绕。
They have developed the ability to move rather than just drift, jetting at up to four knots through the water.
它们不止漂浮，还能游动，在水中喷射至四海里。
His wife always knots his tie well before he leaves .
走之前，妻子都会帮他打好领带。
Who wipes peanut butter off a cheek and crayon off the wall and knots an untied shoelace to avoid a likely fall?
是谁擦去面颊上的花生酱，墙壁上的蜡笔画，系上松开的鞋带，以防孩子摔个大马趴？
The number of knots that were counted during a fixed period of time gave the speed of the ship in nautical miles per hour.
结的数量，在固定计算时间的速度把船停泊在海里。
After studying the structures of these knots, the devotees set about creating new variations and increasing the decorative value of knots.
在研究这些结构的节，信徒着手建立新的变化和日益增加的装饰价值海里。
