bitter end

短语

最后；结局

发音

AU

词形变化

bitter ends 复数 bitter ends

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    That part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains inboard when a ship is riding at anchor.

    航海 交通

    pay out a rope to the bitter end (pay out all of the rope)

  2. 2.

    The final six fathoms (11 m) of anchor chain before the point of attachment in the chain locker of modern US naval vessels.

    航海 交通
  3. 3.

    The end of a long and difficult process.

    习语

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

end terminal extremity

整体词 1

line

词源

The figurative usage is influenced by bitter (“unpleasant, arduous”). Indeed, the phrase has been reinterpreted by most today as bitter + end—compare bitter cold.

来源：wiktionary