A ship without a ballast is unstable and will not go straight.
一艘船如果沒有壓艙物,便不會(huì)穩(wěn)定,不能朝著目的地一直前進(jìn).
期刊摘選
The ship was furnished with ballast.
船上裝了壓艙物.
辭典例句
Fluorescent and HID lamps used for a temperature test shall be rated for the ballast involved.
用作溫度測(cè)試的日光燈和HID燈應(yīng)當(dāng)與鎮(zhèn)流器匹配.
期刊摘選
Then the sound of rumbling thunder reached the watchers on the shore, as cargo, ballast, ammunition and 400 people went sliding and crashing down to the port side of the steeply listing ship.