rudder
舵,船舵,方向盘,舵手
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Definitions
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- : Nautical. a vertical blade at the stern of a vessel that can be turned horizontally to change the vessel's direction when in motion.
- : Aeronautics. a movable control surface attached to a vertical stabilizer, located at the rear of an airplane and used, along with the ailerons, to turn the airplane.
- : any means of or device for governing, directing, or guiding a course, as a leader or principle: His ideas provided a rudder for the new company.
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Examples
A “compensator” that acts like a rudder is positioned just below the frame and connected to the front wheel.
Rudder seems content to play the record keeper and let the philosophers sort out the sigificance.
There's no longer a need to make up a story, because now, as Rudder writes, "The numbers are the narrative."
We saw a little bit of blue fire just forward of the vertical rudder, the upper rudder.
Of course, Rudder admits there are more pieces to the puzzle.
If You Got It, Flaunt It Christian Rudder, co-founder OkCupid.com, is brutally honest.
With difficulty he induced the scared ryot to take the rudder while he explained the new project.
A single oar used rather as rudder than paddle guides the tank to the middle of the stream, where it floats to its destination.
Mr Jones, without making a remark of any kind, shipped the rudder; the other four pulled.
The sea seemed to be fining off a bit, so they looked round, and found to their horror that the rudder was gone.
On the deck aft, about a couple of feet in advance of the rudder-head, are fitted two brass stanchions.