camber

名词 camber:

1. a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
2. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
   同义词：bank, cant
3. the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top

动词 camber:

1. curve upward in the middle

1. The street is quite steeply cambered at this point.
   这条街的这个地方拱起很高。

cam.ber

n.（名词）

A slightly arched surface, as of a road, a ship`s deck, an airfoil, or a snow ski.
弧面：稍呈弧形的表面，如路面、船甲板、机翼面或滑雪板
The condition of having an arched surface.
翘曲：表面弯曲的这种状况
A setting of automobile wheels in which they are closer together at the bottom than at the top.
车轮内斜度：汽车轮上的一种装置，其底部较顶部靠得更近一些
v.intr.tr.（不及物动词和及物动词）
cam.bered,cam.ber.ing,cam.bers
To arch or cause to arch slightly.
使翘曲：使轻微拱起或导致轻微拱起

来源：
From Middle English caumber [curved]
源自 中古英语 caumber [曲线的]
from Old North French dialectal caumbre
源自 古法国北部方言 caumbre
Latin camur
拉丁语 camur
perhaps from Greek kamara [vault]
可能源自 希腊语 kamara [拱形圆屋顶]