Rudder

rudder



Y

(船的)舵,(飛機的)方向舵



D



–noun 

1. Nautical. a vertical blade at the stern of a vessel that can be turned horizontally to change the vessel's direction when in motion.

2. Aeronautics. a movable control surface attached to a vertical stabilizer, located at the rear of an airplane and used, along with the ailerons (副翼), to turn the airplane. 



3. any means of or device for governing, directing, 

or 

guiding a course, as a leader or principle: His [ideas] provided a rudder for the new company. 





　

The royally screwed-up adolescence of Augusten Burroughs has made it to the bigscreen with several nips, tucks and a noticeably duller edge in "Running With Scissors." Writer-director Ryan Murphy strives [mightily] to capture the bracing hilarity, pathos and surreal incident of Burroughs' bestselling memoir, 



but this [rudder]less adaptation never gets a [firm] grip on the author's deadpan tone or episodic narrative style. 



With critical attention likely to focus less on the film than the strong individual performances, specifically Annette Bening's [monstrously] entertaining turn as Burroughs' mother, Sony may have difficulty [luring] niche audiences beyond the book's estimable readership.



Making his feature writing and helming debut, Murphy (the force behind FX's plastic surgery drama "Nip/Tuck") has pared Burroughs' anecdotal tome down [to] a choice selection of humorous episodes, excising several characters.



nip

夾,掐,捏,咬

tuck

把...塞進, 把...藏入





dinghy

keel 

hull davit lurch



tack & tact

Joe hammered a [tack] into the wall to hang a picture.

The sailing ship was [tacking].

A [diplomat] must have [tact].



demurrage

rakish

(of a vessel) having an appearance suggesting speed.  

a hat worn at a rakish [angle]. (jaunty)

the goofy but rakishly [charming] Chad Faust. (dissolute)

Beleaguer