veer

verb

/vɪə(r)/

/vɪr/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they veer	/vɪə(r)/ /vɪr/
he / she / it veers	/vɪəz/ /vɪrz/
past simple veered	/vɪəd/ /vɪrd/
past participle veered	/vɪəd/ /vɪrd/
-ing form veering	/ˈvɪərɪŋ/ /ˈvɪrɪŋ/

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[intransitive] + adv./prep. (especially of a vehicle尤指车辆) to change direction suddenly突然变向；猛然转向 synonym swerve
- The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road.公共汽车突然驶入了逆行道。
- It is still not clear why the missile veered off course.尚不清楚为什么导弹偏离了轨道。
Extra Examples
- He veered left towards them.他向左转朝他们冲过去。
- The car veered off the road.汽车偏离了路面。
- The missile veered wildly off course.导弹猛地转向，偏离了轨道。
- The path veers sharply to the right.道路急转向右。
- The plane veered away to the left.飞机突然调转方向往左侧飞去。
- The ship veered round wildly in the rough sea.船在波涛汹涌的大海上颠簸里忽左忽右。
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- sharply
- wildly
- (to the) left
- …
preposition
- between
- from
- off
- …
phrases
- veer close to something
See full entry
[intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a conversation or way of behaving or thinking说话、行为或思想) to change in the way it develops偏离；改变；转变
- The debate veered away from the main topic of discussion.争论脱离了讨论的主题。
- His emotions veered between fear and anger.他的情绪变化不定，一会儿恐惧一会儿生气。
Extra Examples
- The play veers from loopy comedy to serious moralizing.这部戏从怪诞的喜剧转成了严肃的道德说教。
- His poetry veered dangerously close to sentimentalism.他的诗风陡然转至近乎伤感多愁，这种改变很危险。
- He veered between the extremes of optimism and pessimism.他时而极度乐观，时而悲观绝望。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- sharply
- wildly
- (to the) left
- …
preposition
- between
- from
- off
- …
phrases
- veer close to something
See full entry
[intransitive] + adv./prep. (specialist) (of the wind风) to change direction改变方向
- The wind veered to the west.风向转西。