keel

英 [kiːl]

美 [kiːl]

n.  (船的)龙骨
v.  (使)倾覆，翻倒

过去式：keeled　现在分词：keeling　复数：keels　第三人称单数：keels　过去分词：keeled　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.18688 / COCA.18738

短语动词

短语用例

keel over

• （尤因病或感到不适）突然倒下，晕倒
  to fall over unexpectedly, especially because you feel ill/sick

习惯用语

n.

on an even keel
• （生活、工作等经历困难后）平稳下来，顺顺当当
  living, working or happening in a calm way, with no sudden changes, especially after a difficult time

牛津词典

noun

• （船的）龙骨
  the long piece of wood or steel along the bottom of a ship, on which the frame is built, and which sometimes sticks out below the bottom and helps to keep it in a vertical position in the water

verb

• （使）倾覆，翻倒
  to fall over sideways; to make sth fall over sideways

柯林斯词典

• （船的）龙骨
  Thekeelof a boat is the long, specially shaped piece of wood or steel along the bottom of it.
• PHRASE 平稳进行；顺顺当当
  If you say that someone or something ison an even keel, you mean that they are working or progressing smoothly and steadily, without any sudden changes.
  1. Jason had helped him out with a series of loans, until he could get back on an even keel.
     贾森接连借了几笔钱给他，在他重新走上正轨之前帮他渡过了难关。

英英释义

noun

• one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel
• the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
• a projection or ridge that suggests a keel

verb

• walk as if unable to control one's movements
  1. The drunken man staggered into the room
  Synonym:staggerreellurchswagcareen

双语例句

• That is why I put a little more bracing to the keel trunk box.
  这就是为什么我把多一点的支撑，以龙骨主干方块。
• Theatres are a sort of ship turned upside down with the keel in the air.
  戏院是一种底舱在上、翻了身的船。
• A retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward.
  帆船上用于防止向下风向漂流的鳍板。
• A removable board on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel.
  小帆船上一种可移动的能放入水中当作鳍板的木板。
• Shaped like or having a carina or keel; ridged.
  象脊或龙骨的，有脊或龙骨的；成脊状突起的。
• First, he laid the floor under the direction and length to allow the laying of the keel position.
  首先，他根据地板铺设的方向和长度，划出龙骨铺设的位置。
• Later, the beak, claws and keel become very soft and pliable.
  此后，喙、爪和胸骨变得很软和易弯曲。
• Once the book comes out, I can basically keel over and die happy.
  一旦这本书出版，我基本可以死而无憾了。
• She does almost everything on an even keel.
  她做起事来几乎都是四平八稳的。
• A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
  从龙骨后部延伸出的支撑舵轴的支柱。