careen
/kəˈriːn/verb
1
- with obj. turn (a ship) on its side for cleaning, caulking, or repair(为清扫、捻缝或修理)将(船)倾侧。
1.1
- no obj.(of a ship) tilt; lean over(船)倾斜, 倾侧:
a heavy flood tide caused my vessel to careen dizzily.
一股巨大的涨潮使我的船倾斜到令人眩晕的地步。
2
- no obj., with adverbial of direction move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction(不加控制地)猛冲:
an electric golf cart careened around the corner.
一辆电动高尔夫车猛冲着拐了弯。
ORIGIN: influenced by the verb CAREER.
词源
late 16th cent. (as a noun denoting the position of a careened ship): from French carène, from Italian carena, from Latin carina 'a keel'.