veer
verb- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
(especially of a vehicle )尤指车辆 to change direction suddenly synonym swerve突然变向;猛然转向 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 ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc2He 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- sharply
- wildly
- (to the) left
- …
- between
- from
- off
- …
- veer close to something
- [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 ExamplesThe 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 Dictionaryadverb- sharply
- wildly
- (to the) left
- …
- between
- from
- off
- …
- veer close to something
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (specialist)
(of the wind )风 to change direction 改变方向
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French virer, perhaps from an alteration of Latin gyrare, from Greek guros ‘a ring’.