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- the area on the outer surface of a ship's hull where the bottom curves to meet the vertical sides船舭, 底舱。
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- (bilges) the lowest internal portion of the hull舱底。
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- （亦作bilge water）[mass noun] dirty water that collects inside the bilges舱底污水。
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- mass noun figurative, informal nonsense; rubbish〈喻, 非正式〉胡说, 废话; 垃圾：
romantic bilge dreamed up by journalists.
记者想像出来的关于风流韵事的一派胡言。
词源
late 15th cent.: probably a variant of BULGE.