HOME  CN-EN  DE-DE  DE-CN  Forum 
        
Other explains:   leoEN-DE dictyodao googleGoogle wikiWIKI   
careen
[kә'ri:n]
vt. 倾斜, 倾, (清洁)使倾侧

n.倾侧

  1. The driver lost control and the car careened down the hill.
    控, 那辆汽横冲山去.
  2. Participants of luge, known as sliders, careen down the course feet first, guiding the luge not with their hands but with their feet.
    橇选——滑翔——姿势,头脚,而橇倾斜而
  3. 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.
    狐猴,跳狐猴跳跃远,脚笨拙跳,、摇摆摆倒。




careen
[ noun ]
  1. pitching dangerously to one side

  2. <noun.act>
[ verb ]
  1. walk as if unable to control one's movements

  2. <verb.motion> keel lurch reel stagger swag
    The drunken man staggered into the room
  3. move sideways or in an unsteady way

  4. <verb.motion>
    shift tilt wobble
    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.