bight
A corner, bend, or angleA corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
» A bight is a long, gradual bend or recess in the shoreline that forms a large, open bay.
Значення
значень: 4A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
the bight of a horse's knee
the bight of an elbow
изги́бizgíb
a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf.
Bucht
бу́хтаbúxta
A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
A curve in a rope.
пе́тля, петля́pétlja, petljá
a loop in a rope
Приклади
речень: 3A bight is a long, gradual bend or recess in the shoreline that forms a large, open bay.
Heligoland is located in the German Bight.
deHelgoland liegt in der Deutschen Bucht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The Southern California Bight is the curved coastline between Point Conception and San Diego, and encompasses the Channel Islands.
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мов: 7За значеннями 3
За значеннями 1
Походження
From Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (also bought, bowght, bouȝt; see bought), from Old EFrom Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (also bought, bowght, bouȝt; see bought), from Old English byht (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“bend, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *beuganą (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”).
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