| 单词 | keel over |
| 释义 | keel over (once / 27047 pages) v To keel over is to collapse or topple over. If your dingy hits a sharp rock, it may spring a leak, keel over, and sink. When a boat keels over, It tips and starts to take on water — it capsizes. When a lamp or a llama keels over, it falls abruptly: "Stay away from the statues at the museum; things seem to keel over whenever you're near them." And if a person keels over, they slump to the ground, pass out, or collapse: "Once one blood donor fainted, the others started to keel over too." The nautical meaning came first, in the nineteenth century. WORD FAMILYkeel over: keeled over, keeling over, keels over USAGE EXAMPLESIn the show’s third episode, I keeled over with laughter one moment and found myself in tears the next. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Two years ago, a group of friends were hiking Grand Forest when a man in their party suddenly keeled over. Washington Times(Nov 27, 2016) Nairobi’s newspapers are full of grim stories about livestock keeling over and people walking more than 20 miles for water. New York Times(Nov 14, 2016) v turn over and fall the man had a heart attack and keeled over Hyper topple, tumble fall down, as if collapsing |
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