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careen

/kuh-reen/US // kəˈrin //UK // (kəˈriːn) //

护理,护理车,护理人员,护理员

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion: The car careened around the corner.
    • : to heel over or list.
    • : career.
    • : South Midland U.S. to lean or bend away from the vertical position: The barn was careening a little.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    Nautical.

    • : to cause to lie over on a side, as for repairs or cleaning; heave down.
    • : to clean or repair.
    • : to cause to heel over or list, as by the force of a beam wind.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a careening.
    • : Nautical. the position of a careened ship.

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Examples

  • Rollerbladers careen down its immaculate sidewalks while couples stroll leisurely past.

  • We have a movement full of people who love their country and who are terrified of the course that it continues to careen along.

  • Here and there he lay in such rubbish as motionless as the effigies careen on marble biers.

  • At early dawn a fierce gust of wind caused the schooners "Hamilton" and "Scourge" to careen far to leeward.

  • On the 28th the weather was fine enough to "Careen clean and tallow the ships five streaks below the water line."

  • He by no means suffering them to "careen at Umrest where all the Dutch ships are cleaned."

  • Al, who was in the main cabin, ran forward as he felt the boat shiver and careen and looked down over the bow.