Camber

['kæmbə] or ['kæmbɚ]

解释:

(noun.) the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top.

(noun.) a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road).

(verb.) curve upward in the middle.

乔恩录入--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

(n.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback.

(v. t.) To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.

(v. i.) To curve upward.

整理:默尔

解释:

n. a convexity upon an upper surface as of a deck amidships a bridge or lintel: the curve of a ship's plank: a small dock in the royal yards where timber is loaded and discharged.—v.t. to curve ship-planks to arch slightly.

整理:威廉