英语词汇“ballast”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bal·last

(băləst)

1. Heavy material that is carried to improve stability or maintain proper trim, as on a ship, or to limit buoyancy, as on a balloon.

a. Coarse gravel or crushed rock laid to form a bed for roads or railroads.

b. The gravel ingredient of concrete.

3. Something that gives stability, especially in character.

tr.v. bal·last·ed, bal·last·ing, bal·lasts

1. To stabilize or provide with ballast.

2. To fill (a railroad bed) with or as if with ballast.

[Perhaps from Old Swedish or Old Danish barlast : bar, mere, bare; see bhoso- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + last, load.]

单词	ballast
释义	bal·last (băləst) n. 1. Heavy material that is carried to improve stability or maintain proper trim, as on a ship, or to limit buoyancy, as on a balloon. 2. a. Coarse gravel or crushed rock laid to form a bed for roads or railroads. b. The gravel ingredient of concrete. 3. Something that gives stability, especially in character. tr.v. bal·last·ed, bal·last·ing, bal·lasts 1. To stabilize or provide with ballast. 2. To fill (a railroad bed) with or as if with ballast. [Perhaps from Old Swedish or Old Danish barlast : bar, mere, bare; see bhoso- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + last, load.]
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