beam

Strahl

Ein schmales Bündel aus Licht oder anderer Energie, das sich in eine Richtung bewegt.

In einfachem Englisch: A narrow line of light or other energy traveling in one direction.

• A beam of light entered the room.
• The laser produces a narrow beam.
• Two bright beams swept across the sky.

So benutzt man es: beam of something (A beam of sunlight fell across the table.)

Synonyme: ray

Häufige Wendungen: beam of light, laser beam, sunlight beam

Balken, Träger

Ein langes, stabiles Holzstück oder Metallteil, das einen Teil eines Gebäudes trägt.

In einfachem Englisch: A long, strong piece of wood or metal that supports part of a building.

• A wooden beam supports the roof.
• Workers fitted new steel beams yesterday.
• The old house has exposed beams in every room.

Synonyme: girder, support

Häufige Wendungen: steel beam, wooden beam, ceiling beam

Balken, Träger

Ein langes, dickes Stück Holz oder Metall, das für die Verwendung vorbereitet wurde.

In einfachem Englisch: A long, thick piece of wood or metal prepared for use.

• They cut the timber into beams.
• The worker lifted a heavy iron beam.
• Several long beams lay beside the workshop.

Synonyme: bar, timber

Häufige Wendungen: timber beam, iron beam, heavy beam

Lichtblick, Hoffnungsschimmer

Ein kleines Zeichen von Hoffnung, Trost oder einem anderen positiven Gefühl.

In einfachem Englisch: A small sign of hope, comfort, or another positive feeling.

• Her letter brought a beam of comfort.
• He found a beam of hope in their kindness.
• That small success was the first beam of joy in weeks.

So benutzt man es: beam of something (The news offered a beam of hope.)

Synonyme: glimmer, ray

Häufige Wendungen: beam of hope, beam of comfort

strahlen, lächeln

Vor großer Freude breit lächeln.

In einfachem Englisch: To smile widely because you feel very happy.

• She beamed at me.
• The parents were beaming with pride.
• He beamed when he saw his birthday cake.

So benutzt man es: beam at someone (She beamed at her daughter.); beam with something (He beamed with delight at the news.)

Synonyme: smile, grin

Gegenteile: frown

Häufige Wendungen: beam with pride, beam at someone

übertragen, senden

Ein Signal, Bild oder Programm über Funk an einen anderen Ort senden.

In einfachem Englisch: To send a signal, picture, or program through the air to another place.

• They beamed the match around the world.
• The satellite beams signals to remote villages.
• Live pictures were beamed from the scene.

So benutzt man es: beam something to someone/something (The satellite beams images to researchers on Earth.); beam something from somewhere (They beamed the concert from London.)

Synonyme: transmit, broadcast, send

Häufige Wendungen: beam a signal, beam something to someone

strahlen, leuchten

Helles Licht ausstrahlen.

In einfachem Englisch: To send out bright light.

• The sun beamed overhead.
• Bright light beamed through the curtains.
• The lamps were beaming into the darkness.

So benutzt man es: beam through something (Sunlight beamed through the open window.)

Synonyme: shine, radiate

Häufige Wendungen: beam brightly, beam through something

beamen, übertragen

Informationen drahtlos senden oder in der Science-Fiction Menschen oder Gegenstände augenblicklich an einen anderen Ort versetzen.

In einfachem Englisch: To send information wirelessly, or transport people or objects instantly in science fiction.

• Beam the crew aboard.
• The device beams data across the room.
• They were beamed down to the planet.

So benutzt man es: beam someone up (The spaceship beamed the explorers up.); beam something to someone/something (She beamed the file to another device.)

Synonyme: transmit, teleport

Häufige Wendungen: beam someone up, beam something across, beam something to someone