bight

• n. 海灣，繩圈；曲線

詞源同bow, 彎，形容海灣諸多彎彎角角。

bight

bight: see bow

bight (n.)

Old English byht "bend, angle, corner" (related to bow), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (cognates: Middle Low German bucht, German Bucht, Dutch bocht, Danish bught "bight, bay"), from PIE root *bheug- (3) "to bend," with derivatives referring to bent, pliable, or curved objects (cognates: Old English beag, Old High German boug "ring;" see bow (v.)). Sense of "indentation on a coastline" is from late 15c.

1. the Great Australian Bight

大澳大利亞灣

來自《權威詞典》

2. A country of west - central Africa on the Bight of Biafra.

喀麥隆靠近比夫拉灣的一個中西非國家.

來自互聯網