English Dictionary

on keel

prep_phrase

(of a watercraft, etc.) Moving straight ahead without wobbling or tilting. / (figuratively) Under control, proceeding or running smoothly.

The ship was built on keel.

意味（1）

(of a watercraft, etc.) Moving straight ahead without wobbling or tilting.

It does take some experience with balance and acceleration to keep a snowmobile on keel in the deep woods.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Under control, proceeding or running smoothly.

He walked-ran day after day although it was a living bore, the sameness, the ritual. This extraordinary world—is this how life wants me to live it? But he ran to keep himself on keel, to wind himself into work the next morning.