名詞 keel:

1. the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
2. one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability

動詞 keel:

1. walk as if unable to control one's movements
   同義詞：stagger, reel, lurch, swag, careen

1. It took him a long time to get back on an even keel after his wife died.
   他妻子死後很久他情緒才穩(wěn)定下來。
2. The ship keeled over in the storm.
   那艘船在暴風(fēng)雨中傾覆了。
3. The workers are laying a keel of the ship.
   工人正在給那艘船安龍骨。
4. He must have drunk too much; when he tried to stand up, he keeled over.
   他肯定是喝多了，當(dāng)他要站起來時(shí)，卻摔倒在地上。

keel

n.（名詞）
Nautical
【航?！?/i>
The principal structural member of a ship, running lengthwise along the center line from bow to stern, to which the frames are attached.
龍骨：船的主要結(jié)構(gòu)部件，沿前沿中心線從船頭延伸到船尾，船的肋骨附在這上面
A ship.
船
A structure, such as the breastbone of a bird, that resembles a ship`s keel in function or shape.
龍骨脊：一種在功能或形狀上象船的龍骨的結(jié)構(gòu)，如鳥的胸骨
The principal structural member of an aircraft, resembling a ship`s keel in shape and function.
飛機(jī)的龍骨：飛機(jī)上的主要結(jié)構(gòu)部件，在形狀和功能上類似船的龍骨
A pair of united petals in certain flowers, as those of the pea.
龍骨瓣：在某些花（如豌豆花）中的兩個(gè)相連的花瓣
v.intr.tr.（不及物動詞和及物動詞）
keeled,keel.ing,keels 【航?！?/i>
To capsize or cause to capsize.
傾覆或使傾覆

<常用詞組>keel over
To collapse or fall into or as if into a faint.
傾覆或倒下，狀如暈倒
來源：
Middle English kele
中古英語 kele
from Old Norse kjôlr
源自 古斯堪的納維亞語 kjôlr

keel
keel 2

n.（名詞）
Nautical
【航?！?/i>
A freight barge, especially one for carrying coal on the Tyne River in England.
運(yùn)煤平底船：一種運(yùn)貨船，尤指英格蘭泰因河上運(yùn)煤的船
The load capacity of this barge.
一平底船的煤：此種船所裝的煤量
A British unit of weight formerly used for coal, equal to about 2.2 long tons.
平底船煤：英國舊時(shí)的秤煤用的單位，大約等于2.2長噸

來源：
Middle English kele
中古英語 kele
from Middle Dutch kiel
源自 中古荷蘭語 kiel

keel
keel 3

v.tr.（及物動詞）
keeled,keel.ing,keels 【多用于英國】
To make cool.
使變涼

來源：
Middle English kelen
中古英語 kelen
from Old English côlan [to cool] * see gel-
源自 古英語 côlan [變涼] *參見 gel-