English Dictionary

beam

IPA（発音記号）

/biːm/

名詞

文語 比喩的用法 略語 別表記 省略

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

日本語の意味

建物などの構造物を支えるために用いられる、厚みに比して長い大きな木材または鉄材

The old bridge sagged where a support beam had cracked, worrying the pedestrians above.

古い橋は支えの梁がひび割れた場所でたわみ、上の歩行者を不安にさせていた。

意味（1）

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

And a letter vnto Asaph the keeper of the kings forrest, that he may giue me timber to make beames for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the Citie, and for the house that I shall enter into: And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God vpon me.

意味（2）

One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.

The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.

意味（3）

(nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).

Being only 280 ft. long, with a beam of 66 ft, their speed is moderate, and for a long time difficulty was experienced in steering them.

意味（4）

(nautical) The direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.

As the vessel passes a landmark, the landmark is said to be abeam. Once the vessel has passed the landmark, it falls abaft the beam, then it gradually falls astern.

意味（5）

The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.

The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.

意味（6）

The principal stem of the antler of a deer.

意味（7）

(literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.

Soon after this be subdued the Pisidians who made head against him, and conquered the Phrygians, at whose chief city Gordium (which is said to have been the seat of the ancient Midas) he saw the famous chariot fastened with cords made of the bark of the Cornel-Tree, and was informed that the inhabitants had a constant tradition, that the empire of the world was reserved for him who should untie the knot. Most are of opinion, that Alexander finding that he could not untie it, because the ends of it were secretly folded up within it, cut it asunder with his sword, so that several ends appeared. But Aristobulus tells us that he very easily undid it, by only pulling the pin out of the beam which fastened the yoke to it, and afterwards drawing out the yoke itself.

意味（8）

(textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.

意味（9）

The straight part or shank of an anchor.

意味（10）

The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.

意味（11）

In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.

意味（12）

A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.

a beam of light

意味（13）

(figuratively) A ray; a gleam.

a beam of hope, or of comfort

意味（14）

One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.

意味（15）

(music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.

意味（16）

(railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.

意味（17）

(gymnastics) Ellipsis of balance beam.

beams （ plural ）