Keel

[kiːl] or [kil]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability.

(noun.) the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly.

(noun.) a projection or ridge that suggests a keel.

錄入:诺顿--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.

(n.) A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.

(n.) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.

(n.) Fig.: The whole ship.

(n.) A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.

(n.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.

(n.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.

(v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.

(v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

布里茨校對

解釋/意思:

n. (Scot.) red chalk ruddle.—v.t. to mark with ruddle.

n. the part of a ship extending along the bottom from stem to stern and supporting the whole frame: a low flat-bottomed boat: a Tyne coal-barge: a ship generally: (bot.) the lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower.—v.t. or v.i. to plough with a keel to navigate: to turn keel upwards.—n. Keel′age dues for a keel or ship in port.—adj. Keeled (bot.) keel-shaped: having a prominence on the back.—ns. Keel′er Keel′man one who works on a barge.—v.t. Keel′haul to punish by hauling under the keel of a ship by ropes from the one side to the other: to treat a subordinate in a galling manner.

v.t. (Shak.) to cool.

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