unballasted
/uhn-bal-uh-stid/US // ʌnˈbæl ə stɪd //
无弹窗,未投弹的,未投弹,无弹丸之地
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : not fitted with or carrying ballast.
- : not properly steadied or regulated.
Examples
The body loomed beside us like the rolling hull of an unballasted ship.
At college he had put him down for a weakling—unballasted, misdemeanant.
It heeled over like an unballasted yacht under the lash of a hurricane.
The wind was fairly fresh and the weight of the unballasted Surprise did not stop the Viking.
I hastened to prevent him; but he overthrew me with one hand, and the unballasted balloon ascended to two thousand yards.
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