bilge

bilge
noun
  1. the area on the outer surface of a ship's hull where the bottom curves to meet the vertical sides
    船舭，底舱
    ■(bilges)the lowest internal portion of the hull
    舱底
    ■(亦作 bilge water)[mass noun]dirty water that collects inside the bilges
    舱底污水
    ■[mass noun](figurative informal)nonsense; rubbish
    (喻，非正式)胡说，废话；垃圾
    romantic bilge dreamed up by journalists.
    记者想像出来的关于风流韵事的一派胡言。
verb
  1. [with obj.](archaic)break a hole in the bilge of (a ship)
    (古)凿破（舱底）
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: probably a variant of bulge
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