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  1. beam ends | Exemplos de frases. Colocação em inglês. meanings of beam. Essas palavras geralmente são usadas juntas. beam. noun [ C ] uk / biːm / us / biːm / a line of light that shines from a ... See more at beam. (Definition of beam from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Exemplos de beam ends. beam ends.

  2. When we returned to camp we found them on their beam ends, sick and starving. The church is on its beam ends and can no longer be relied on as a sponsor of the arts . SMART Vocabulary: palavras e frases relacionadas

  3. to be close to complete failure or destruction: When we returned to camp we found them on their beam ends, sick and starving. The church is on its beam ends and can no longer be relied on as a sponsor of the arts. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  4. What's the origin of the phrase 'On your beam ends'? The beams here are the horizontal transverse timbers of ships. This nautical phrase came about with the allusion to the danger of imminent capsize if the beam ends were touching the water.

  5. on (one's) beam-ends. In a precarious and/or desperate situation. The phrase was originally used to describe the tilted position of a ship before it capsizes. My sister's on her beam-ends now that she's lost her job—I might have to lend her some money so she doesn't lose her house.

  6. Beam End Release and Moment End Release are the same thing: it can be thought as converting a fixed beam end to a pivoted one (see later), relaxing the constraint on rotation while enforcing a new constraint on bending moment.

  7. 4 de fev. de 2024 · Noun. [ edit] beam - ends pl (plural only) ( nautical) The ends of the transverse beams of a ship . Usage notes. [ edit] A ship is on her beam-ends when she has heeled over such that the beams are vertical and she cannot be brought back to an upright position. See also. [ edit] on one's beam ends. Anagrams. [ edit] beadsmen, bedesman. Categories: