"Best: Will West Indies keel over and die?"From the headline of this article at Wired 868.
上記の文で、keel overの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "keel over" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
〔人が〕卒倒する
Answer
According to Merriam-Webster:informal : to fall down suddenly
Examples
- He just keeled over and died from a heart attack.
- I almost keeled over with/in laughter.
- He finished the bottle, stood up to leave, and keeled over.
- The big question is, how do you make sure your wall does not keel over? Times, Sunday Times (2009)
- Why do my leeks keel over in the autumn and winter? The Sun (2014)
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