1. on the beam : 航向正确;
2. off the beam : 脱离航向, 错;
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1. 眉开眼笑;笑容满面
If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
2. (能量、放射线或粒子的)束,柱
A beam is a line of energy, radiation, or particles sent in a particular direction.
3. (通过电子设备)发送,发射
If something beams radio signals or television pictures or they are beamed somewhere, they are sent there by means of electronic equipment.
4. (光)束;(光)线
A beam of light is a line of light that shines from an object such as a lamp.
5. 照耀;照射
If something such as the sun or a lamp beams down, it sends light to a place and shines on it.
6. 梁;横梁
A beam is a long thick bar of wood, metal, or concrete, especially one used to support the roof of a building.
7. (体操中的)平衡木
In gymnastics, the beam is a piece of equipment that consists of a narrow wooden bar on which gymnasts balance and perform movements.
8. see also: off-beam
1. a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
Synonym: balance beam
2. long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
3. the broad side of a ship
e.g. they sighted land on the port beam
4. (nautical) breadth amidships
5. a signal transmitted along a narrow path
guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
Synonym: radio beam
6. a column of light (as from a beacon)
Synonym: beam of lightlight beamrayray of lightshaftshaft of lightirradiation
7. a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
Synonym: rayelectron beam