ballast

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbæl.əst/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 比喩的用法 可算名詞

(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability. / (figuratively) Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.

日本語の意味

船体の安定を図るために貨物室や気球のゴンドラに入れる重り、またはそのための重い物質 / 比喩的に、感情や心の安定をもたらすもの

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The captain ordered extra ballast to be loaded into the ship's hold before the storm.

船長は嵐の前に船倉に安定のための重りを追加で積むよう命じた。

詳細

意味（1）

(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.

意味（3）

Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.

意味（4）

(construction) A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.

意味（5）

(countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)

意味（6）

(figuratively) That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.

With 73 minutes gone Rafael Márquez came on to add ballast at the back, appearing in his fifth World Cup aged 39 and with alleged links to drug trafficking, which he denies, on hold for now. And so they sat deep with a thin green line of five defenders ranged across their own penalty area as the game became a Mexican stand-off, attack versus defence.

詳細

ballasts （ plural ）