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veering

/veer/US // vɪər //UK // (vɪə) //

转向,转弯,转移,转向性

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
    • : to change direction clockwise.Nautical.to shift to a direction more nearly astern.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to alter the direction or course of; turn.
    • : Nautical. to turn away from the wind; wear.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a change of direction, position, course, etc.: a sudden veer in a different direction.

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Examples

  • Child may have come to regret how closely she veered toward condoning violence as she defended Norman.

  • They had no idea, the comments they would see someday, once their daughter veered suddenly from the football toward the American football.

  • Jose Casarrubias Sanchez, 18, of Beltsville, was driving south on Ager Road in unincorporated Hyattsville when he veered off the left-hand side of the road and hit a median, police said.

  • Authorities are investigating what caused the teen to veer off the road, police said.

  • He goes along as far as he can, then veers off to the vehicles when Wolfe’s enthusiasm spurs his mile times into the six-minute range.

  • For a country forever cracking down on those perceived as veering from the sexual norm, being gay is finally starting to pay.

  • The reaction to this development has engendered a fear that cultural morality is veering out of control.

  • He asked the tough questions, often veering into uncomfortable territory.

  • This darker sensibility keeps the book, to its great credit, from veering toward The Devil Wears Prada territory.

  • Once the state of opportunity, California is now veering on a cycle of decline that will be difficult to reverse, writes Tom Gray.

  • The autumn lightning shot out from the sky, veering to the north and unmasking the black, raging lake and the distant city.

  • The wind kept veering about, sometimes to the southward and west, at others getting back to the north-west.

  • "Give her another five or six fathoms of chain," Ben said, himself attending to the veering out of the hawser.

  • The weather continued very severe, the wind veering from north-east to east-south-east.

  • Robotcabs were swerving in, hovering above the ground to pick up passengers, then veering away.