careen的意思|careen的解释-里氏词典

careen [kә'ri:n]

vt. 倾斜, 倾, (为了修理或清洁)使倾侧

n. 船的倾侧

The driver lost control and the car careened down the hill.
因司机失控, 那辆汽车就横冲直撞地冲下山去.
Participants of luge, known as sliders, careen down the course feet first, guiding the luge not with their hands but with their feet.
无舵雪橇选手——也称为滑翔员——的姿势是脚在前，头在后。他们用脚，而不是用手引导雪橇倾斜而下。
Of all the lemurs, sifakas are perhaps the best known because they can leap fantastic distances in trees but when on the ground jump awkwardly on two legs, their skinny bodies stretched tall as they careen sideways.
在所有的狐猴之中，跳狐猴可能是最有名的，因为牠们在树上可以跳跃得极远，然而在地面上却只能用双脚笨拙地跳，让皮包骨的身子拉得长长的、摇摆摆向侧边倒。

careen

[ noun ]

pitching dangerously to one side

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

walk as if unable to control one's movements

<verb.motion>

The drunken man staggered into the room

move sideways or in an unsteady way

The ship careened out of control

Careen \Ca*reen"\, v. i.
To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing
on a wind; to be off the keel.

Careen \Ca*reen"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Careened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Careening}.] [OF. cariner, F. car['e]ner, fr. OF.
car[`e]ne, the bottom of a ship, keel, fr. L. carina.]
(Naut.)
To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one
side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for
repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.

Brightly painted jitneys careen through wild traffic.
Once the hijacker discovered he had been tricked, he either detonated explosives or scuffled with the pilot, causing the plane to lose control and careen into the two parked jets, engulfing them in a ball of flames.
But they don't careen around in an old Cadillac, wear funny suits or blast away at slimy spirits.
The concrete block caused Rodrick McDuff's station wagon to careen out of control and flip over Jan. 19 on an interstate highway.
Those, Gerish explained, represent visits to Australia, where hurricane winds careen in the other direction.
Moving at high speed, the snowboarders careen off the sides, flip through the air and do a few handstands on the side of the pipe, much like skateboarders on skateboarding ramps.

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