"lowest timber of a ship or boat," mid-14c., probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse kj?lr "keel," Danish kj?l, Swedish k?l), from Proto-Germanic *keluz, of uncertain origin. Some etymologists say this is unconnected with the keel that means "a ship, barge," which also is the root of Middle Dutch kiel "ship," Old English ceol "ship's prow," Old High German kiel, German Kiel "ship," but the two words have influenced each other. Barnhart, however, calls them cognates. Keel still is used locally in England and U.S. for "flat-bottomed boat," especially on the Tyne.
keel (v.2)
"to keep cool," from Middle English kelen, from Old English celan "to cool," from col "cool" (see cool). The form kele (from Old English colian) was used by Shakespeare, but it later was assimilated with the adjective form into the modern verb cool. Cognate with Dutch koelen, Old High German chuolen, German kühlen.
keel (v.1)
1838, American English, from keel (n.). To keel over (1876) is from the nautical image of a ship turning keel-up. Related: Keeled; keeling.
雙語例句
1. The side of a ship flares from the keel to the deck.
船舷從龍骨向甲板外傾.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. She does almost everything on an even keel.
她做起事來幾乎都是四平八穩的.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. You sense the stresses in the hull each time the keel meets the ground.
每次龍骨觸地的時候你都能感受到船體所受的壓力。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Women like her seldom stay on an even keel. Even the smallest things upset them.
像她那樣的女人很少有情緒穩定的時候, 一點小事也會使她們心煩意亂.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Jason had helped him out with a series of loans, until he could get back on an even keel.