keel
n
1 timber or steel structure along the bottom of a ship, on which the framework is built up (船的)龍骨
lay down a keel, ie start building a ship 安龍骨(動工造船).
2 (idm 習語) on an even keel => even1. keel, v (phr v) keel over
1 (of a ship) capsize (指船)傾覆, 翻倒.
2 (infml 口) fall over; collapse 倒下; 倒塌
After a couple of drinks he just keeled over on the floor. 他喝了兩杯酒後就跌倒在地了.
The structure had keeled over in the high winds. 那座建筑物讓大風給刮倒了.
?? 擴展釋義
*[ki:l]n. 龍骨, 平底船vt. 裝以龍骨, 使傾覆vi. 傾覆【醫(yī)】 幼鴨敗血病(由一種沙門氏桿菌引起)相關詞組: keel over on an even keel