knot

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【释义】：

n．❶ 结，彩结：tie a knot in a rope在绳子上打一个结．tie a rope in a knot 把绳子打个结．undo(or untie)a knot 解结．❷ 连结，纽带：the marriage knot婚姻的纽带．The two nations renewed the knot between them．两国恢复了关系．❸ 难事，难题，症结：get into knots陷入困境．❹ (树木)节(疤)．❺ 群，丛：Knots of people are talking about the news in the street．人们成群地在街上谈论此消息．in knots三五成群．❻ 【海】节(每小时航行的海里)：a vessel of 25 knots一只每小时航行二十五浬的船．

－(knotted，knotting)vt．❶ 打结：knot a rope把绳子打结．knot a parcel firmly把包裹扎紧．knot one’s brows皱眉头．❷ 连结：knot two things together把两件东西连在一起．

－vi．打结．