keel over, on an even keel, keelhaul, varmint, verminous

In addition, President Park Geun-hye, who has been withering in her criticism of the crew, has also argued that cozy relations between regulators and shippers may have contributed to the catastrophe, one of South Korea’s worst in peacetime. The prime minister, meanwhile, cited specific problems that might have been addressed by better regulation, including suspicions that renovations to add more sleeping cabins made the ship top-heavy and more likely to keel over.


Franz Kafka
"One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from
anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been
changed into a monstrous verminous bug."
--from "The Metamorphosis"



 France, like most other European Union nations, is doing all it can to keep its budget on an even keel, and Hollande has been using taxation to raise income.



 on an even keel
 keep on an even keel：片語，指讓某事保持均衡、穩定，如The manager cannot keep the firm on an even keel any longer.（經理已經無力讓公司維持穩定運作了。）

keel

 音節

keel

発音

kíːl

レベル

社会人必須

keelの変化形

keels (複数形) • keeled (過去形) • keeled (過去分詞) • keeling (現在分詞) • keels (三人称単数現在)

keelの慣用句

on an even keel, （全1件）

[名]

1 《海事》
(1) 竜骨, キール

lay (down) the keel
竜骨をすえる, 船を起工する.

(2) キール：平底荷舟, はしけの総称.

2 ((詩))船(ship).

3 （航空機の）竜骨.

4 《植物・動物》（葉・骨の）竜骨；（花の）舟弁, 竜骨弁；（鳥の）胸峰.

5 《建築》竜骨繰形.

6 ((the K-))《天文》りゅうこつ（竜骨）座(Carina).

7 ((英))キール：石炭の重量単位；21.5tに相当.

on an even keel

(1) 〈船が〉バランスを保って.
(2) 〈事業・国政などが〉安定した, おだやかな；〈人が〉落ち着いた.

━━[動](他)

1 〈船を〉ひっくり返す, 転覆させる((over, up)).

2 〈船・鳥の尾羽などに〉竜骨（状のもの）を備える.

3 〈暑さなどが〉〈人を〉卒倒［気絶］させる((over)).

━━(自)

1 〈船が〉ひっくり返る, 転覆する((over, up)).

2 ((略式))〈人が〉卒倒［気絶］する((over)).

keelhaul
(KEEL-hawl)

verb tr.
1. To haul under the keel of a ship.
2. To rebuke sharply.

Etymology
From Dutch kielhalen, from kiel (keel) + halen (to haul). In the olden times this form of punishment was inflicted in the Dutch and British navies. The punished sailor was tied to a rope looped under the ship and thrown in the water. Then he was dragged along the bottom of the ship to the other side. The result was either severe injuries from brushing against the barnacles on the ship's bottom or death from drowning. Thankfully, in modern times keelhauling is performed only metaphorically

Usage
"A determined farmer named Taggart is out to keelhaul the varmint that carried off his youngest son." — Gene Seymour; Unnecessary Sequel Creeps in Once Again; Los Angeles Times; Aug 29, 2003. (© Wordsmith.org)


varmint
n. Informal
One that is considered undesirable, obnoxious, or troublesome.
〔vά:rmint〕 ━━ n. 〔方〕 厄介な動物［人］, 害獣, 下劣なやつ.

[Variant of VERMIN.]

vermin

Pronunciation: /ˈvəːmɪn/

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noun

[treated as plural]

• wild animals which are believed to be harmful to crops, farm animals, or game, or which carry disease, e.g. rodents: killed as vermin or game, the pumas have gone
• parasitic worms or insects: his clothes are infested with vermin
• people perceived as despicable and as causing problems for the rest of society:the vermin who ransacked her house

Derivatives

verminous

adjective

Origin:

Middle English (originally denoting animals such as reptiles and snakes): from Old French, based on Latin vermis 'worm'

keelhaul

━━ vt. （罰として，人を綱で縛って）船底をくぐらせる; 厳しくしかる.
⇒keel