英语释义
1. a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
tossed several tons of ballast overboard
2. something that gives stability (as in character or conduct)
She provided the ballast we needed during stressful times.
3. gravel or broken stone laid in a railroad bed or used in making concrete
4. a device used to provide the starting voltage or to stabilize the current in a circuit (as of a fluorescent lamp)
5. having only ballast for a load
6. to steady or equip with or as if with ballast
They ballast the canoe with large rocks.
7. to fill in (something, such as a railroad bed) with ballast (see ballast entry 1 sense 3)
8. heavy material (such as rocks or water) that is put on a ship to make it steady or on a balloon to control its height in the air
9. heavy material used to make a ship steady or to control the rising of a balloon
10. gravel or broken stone laid in a foundation for a railroad or used in making concrete