Knot

(noun.) a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.

(noun.) any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object.

(noun.) a tight cluster of people or things; 'a small knot of women listened to his sermon'; 'the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest'.

(noun.) something twisted and tight and swollen; 'their muscles stood out in knots'; 'the old man's fists were two great gnarls'; 'his stomach was in knots'.

(noun.) a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; 'the saw buckled when it hit a knot'.

(verb.) tie or fasten into a knot; 'knot the shoelaces'.

(verb.) make into knots; make knots out of; 'She knotted her fingers'.

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• If she had succeeded in doing so, the intricate knot which I was slowly and patiently operating on might perhaps have been cut by circumstances. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It was metal, ‘elastic metal,’ as Daniel Webster termed it, that could be wound round the finger, or tied into a knot, and which preserved its elasticity like steel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But in such striking-out he tangles his arms, pulls strong on the slip-knot, and it runs home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• His sufferings were hailed with the greatest joy by a knot of spectators, and I felt utterly confounded. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Then I made one, and Charley made one, and the pen wouldn't join Charley's neatly, but twisted it up into a knot. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There were two or three other men in the room, congregated in a little knot, and noiselessly talking among themselves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The boy's right,' remarked Fagin, looking covertly round, and knitting his shaggy eyebrows into a hard knot. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Some were for getting flambeaux of pine-knots. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Our rate could not have been less than eight knots. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• At last Clayton saw the immense muscles of Tarzan's shoulders and biceps leap into corded knots beneath the silver moonlight. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The length of the Great Eastern was 692 feet, beam 83 feet, depth 57? feet, draft 25? feet, displacement 27,000 tons, and speed 12 knots. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• These words fell like the knell of doom-- All those top-knots must be cut off. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Knots of politicians were assembled with anxious brows and loud or deep voices. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I won't take one of the others,' said Bella, tying the knots of the bundle very tight, in the severity of her resolution. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She was much given to tying up her head in a pocket-handkerchief, knotted under the chin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• They gave her SUCH pleasure, as they lay, the three circles, with their knotted jewels, entangled in her palm. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Before the drum sat three old females, each armed with a knotted branch fifteen or eighteen inches in length. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• You are fatigued, said madame, raising her glance as she knotted the money. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Lily had an odd sense of being behind the social tapestry, on the side where the threads were knotted and the loose ends hung. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He hasn't,' repeated the other to his knotted stick, as he gave it a hug; 'he hasn't got--ha! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• With the aid of his indispensable cap, he represented a man with his elbows bound fast at his hips, with cords that were knotted behind him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He showed and claimed for the first time the knotting bill, which loops and forms the knot, and the turning cord holder for retaining the end of the cord. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Knotting my tie and looking in the glass I looked strange to myself in the civilian clothes. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.

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