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the careen of [vessel]
careen 作名词时指船只侧倾的状态，为可数名词，常与 of 连用表示特定船只的侧倾位置。
The careen of the fishing boat exposed the damaged planks.
渔船侧倾的位置暴露了损坏的船板。
船身倾侧；倾侧位置
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船身倾侧；倾侧位置
the position of a ship laid on one side
The careen of the fishing boat exposed the damaged planks.
渔船侧倾的位置暴露了损坏的船板。
船只侧倾的位置
The position of a ship laid on one side.
The sudden careen of the ship caused the passengers to lose their balance.
船的突然倾斜导致乘客失去平衡。
After the storm, the boat's careen was noticeable as it listed to port.
风暴过后，船体的倾斜很明显，向左舷倾斜。
The crew corrected the careen by shifting the cargo.
船员通过移动货物纠正了倾斜。
careen 作名词时指船只侧倾的状态，为可数名词，常与 of 连用表示特定船只的侧倾位置。
The careen of the fishing boat exposed the damaged planks.
渔船侧倾的位置暴露了损坏的船板。
Not this
He has a promising careen in technology.
Use this
He has a promising career in technology.
careen 是名词，指“船只倾侧的位置”；career 才是“职业、事业”。两者拼写相近，中文里也常被混淆。本句表达的是“职业”，所以应用 career。
Not this
The ship was in careen for cleaning.
Use this
The ship was in a careen for cleaning.
careen 作名词表示“倾侧位置”时是可数名词，单数形式前需要不定冠词 a。中文名词没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉 a，所以应说 “in a careen”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
处于船只被侧放的状态；倾侧位置
The ship was laid on the careen to scrape off barnacles.
船被侧放以刮除藤壶。
Use careen naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一艘船在船坞里被侧翻固定（careen），船身歪成字母C的弧形。记住：这个姿势就是它的“侧倾位置”。
语域：formal 常见场景：航海、船舶维修 该名词义项为航海技术用语，多用于船舶操作、维修或海事文献中，日常口语中较少出现。
这些词与 careen 一样，重读元音均为 /iː/ 加上鼻音 /n/，构成完全韵：serene、marine、machine、queen、green、seen。注意拼写差异：queen、green、seen 写作 -een；marine、machine 写作 -ine；serene 写作 -ene，但读音都是 /iːn/。要当心形近但发音不同的词，例如 career /kəˈrɪr/ 不是 /iːn/ 韵；fine /faɪn/、line /laɪn/ 等 -ine 词尾发 /aɪn/，marine、machine 属于例外。
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