ballasted
/bal-uhst/US // ˈbæl əst //UK // (ˈbæləst) //
压载的,压载,压制,压制的
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n.名词 noun
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- : Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- : Aeronautics. something heavy, as bags of sand, placed in the car of a balloon for control of altitude and, less often, of attitude, or placed in an aircraft to control the position of the center of gravity.
- : anything that gives mental, moral, or political stability or steadiness: the ballast of a steady income.
- : gravel, broken stone, slag, etc., placed between and under the ties of a railroad to give stability, provide drainage, and distribute loads.
- : Electricity. Also called ballast resistor .a device, often a resistor, that maintains the current in a circuit at a constant value by varying its resistance in order to counteract changes in voltage.a device that maintains the current through a fluorescent or mercury lamp at the desired constant value, sometimes also providing the necessary starting voltage and current.
v.有主动词 verb
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- : to furnish with ballast: to ballast a ship.
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Examples
She ballasted the boat, and for Bompard she was something to lean against.
She had been literally ballasted with silver, and carried also several precious boxes of gold and jewels.
His corpulency would always be hinting to you that he was too trimly built, too well ballasted, to be in danger.
By being properly ballasted, a boat can pass either through or over a sea without being driven astern.
As the boat must be well ballasted, she must have limited breadth of beam, as also limited side buoyancy.
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