)knot
(绳等的)结, (树的)节, 节(船速,＝哩／小时)1. a tight cluster of people or things
2. any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
3. a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
4. something twisted and tight and swollen
同义词：gnarl
5. a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
同义词：nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, international nautical mile, air mile
6. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
同义词：slub, burl
7. a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
同义词：greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus
动词knot:
1. make into knots; make knots out of
2. tie or fasten into a knot
3. tangle or complicate
同义词：ravel, tangle
