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unballasted

/uhn-bal-uh-stid/US // ʌnˈbæl ə stɪd //

无弹窗,未投弹的,未投弹,无弹丸之地

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not fitted with or carrying ballast.
    • : not properly steadied or regulated.

Examples

  • The body loomed beside us like the rolling hull of an unballasted ship.

  • At college he had put him down for a weakling—unballasted, misdemeanant.

  • It heeled over like an unballasted yacht under the lash of a hurricane.

  • The wind was fairly fresh and the weight of the unballasted Surprise did not stop the Viking.

  • I hastened to prevent him; but he overthrew me with one hand, and the unballasted balloon ascended to two thousand yards.