keel
/keel/US // kil //UK // (kiːl) //
龙骨,脊柱,脊柱骨
Related Words
plunge纵身一跃,纵身一跳,骤降,纵身跳下topple倾覆,颠覆,倾倒,颠倒collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷founder创始人,创办人,创始者,创立者tumble跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的upset心烦意乱,心乱如麻,烦乱,心烦意乱的drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退swoon晕倒,晕倒了,晕倒在地,晕厥pitch沥青,场地,俯视,俯瞰capsize倾覆,颠覆,翻船,翻倒faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的overturn推翻,推翻了,打翻了,打翻black out晕倒,昏昏沉沉,昏昏欲睡,昏迷不醒go down下去,下来,下去了,下降pass out传出,晕倒,淘汰,晕过去
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
- : Literary. a ship or boat.
- : a part corresponding to a ship's keel in some other structure, as in a dirigible balloon.
- : Keel, Astronomy. the constellation Carina.
- : Botany, Zoology. a longitudinal ridge, as on a leaf or bone; a carina.
- : Also called brace molding. Architecture. a projecting molding the profile of which consists of two ogees symmetrically disposed about an arris or fillet.
- 1
- : to turn or upset so as to bring the wrong side or part uppermost.
- 1
- : keel over, to capsize or overturn.to fall as in a faint: Several cadets keeled over from the heat during the parade.
Phrases
- keel over
- on an even keel
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Synonyms
capsize倾覆,颠覆,翻船,翻倒collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的founder创始人,创办人,创始者,创立者overturn推翻,推翻了,打翻了,打翻pitch沥青,场地,俯视,俯瞰plunge纵身一跃,纵身一跳,骤降,纵身跳下slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退swoon晕倒,晕倒了,晕倒在地,晕厥topple倾覆,颠覆,倾倒,颠倒tumble跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的upset心烦意乱,心乱如麻,烦乱,心烦意乱的black out晕倒,昏昏沉沉,昏昏欲睡,昏迷不醒go down下去,下来,下去了,下降pass out传出,晕倒,淘汰,晕过去
Examples
Melfi is the even keel to Tony’s volatility — a thoughtful, occasionally horrified audience surrogate.
They sense that their ship of state is no longer on an even keel.
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
Robert was out there under the shed, reclining in the shade against the sloping keel of the overturned boat.
To maintain the vessel on an even keel he introduced four vanes, called “hydroplanes,” for regulating the depth of descent.
The tip often forms an abrupt angle with the shaft and there is a keel on the dorsal surface of the tip (see figs. 5, 6).
Microscopic examination reveals that there is a faint keel on the dorsal surface of the tip.
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