| 英语单词 | keel |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [kiːl] 美 [kiːl] |
| 中文释义 | n.(船的)龙骨 v.(船)倾覆;突然倒下;出问题 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The workers are laying a keel of the ship. (2) The ship keeled over in the storm. (3) He must have drunk too much; when he tried to stand up, he keeled over. (4) My email system would keel over if I tried send that much data. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 工人正在给那艘船安龙骨。 (2) 那艘船在暴风雨中倾覆了。 (3) 他肯定是喝多了,当他要站起来时,却摔倒在地上。 (4) 如果我想发送那么多的数据,我的电子系统就会出问题。 |
| vocabulary简明 | The keel of a boat is the beam that runs the length of the hull — the body of the boat — and can extend vertically into the water to provide stability. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A keel doesn't just refer to the stabilization of boats. When you're on "an even keel," you're stable and steady. On a bird, the keel (or breastbone) enables a bird to fly. On the other hand, if you keel over, you're quite the opposite, since you've just gone crashing to the floor. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](船的)龙骨 The keel of a boat is the long, specially shaped piece of wood or steel along the bottom of it. 2 [PHRASE 短语]平稳进行;顺顺当当 If you say that someone or something is on an even keel, you mean that they are working or progressing smoothly and steadily, without any sudden changes. [PHR after v]
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