ballast
US /ˈbæl.əst/
UK /ˈbæl.əst/
名词
1.
压载物
heavy matter such as sand, stone, or water that is used at the bottom of a ship or a hot-air balloon to make it heavier, or the small stones on which railroads and roads are made:
示例:
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The weed may have been accidentally imported in soil used as ship ballast.
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