keelとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gewlos. Distantly related to kile.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /kiːl/
• 韻: -iːl

名詞

keel (複数形 keels)

1. (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
2. (nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
3. (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
4. (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
5. (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
6. (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
7. A brewer's cooling vat.

派生語

動詞

keel (三人称単数 現在形 keels, 現在分詞 keeling, 過去形および過去分詞形 keeled)

1. (intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall

   He keeled over after having a stroke.

2. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
3. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
4. (transitive, obsolete) to cool by stirring or skimming in order to keep from boiling over

   while greasy Joan doth keel the pot (Shakespeare)

派生語

• keel over

語源 2

Probably from Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”).

名詞

keel

1. (Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.

動詞

keel (三人称単数 現在形 keels, 現在分詞 keeling, 過去形および過去分詞形 keeled)

1. (Scotland, transitive) To mark with ruddle.

動詞

keel (三人称単数 現在形 keels, 現在分詞 keeling, 過去形および過去分詞形 keeled)

1. Pronunciation spelling of kill.

アナグラム

• Kele, Leek, elke, leek, lekë