| 单词 | veer |
| 释义 | veer (vɪəʳ ) Word forms: veers , veering , veered 1. verb If something veers in a certain direction, it suddenly moves in that direction. The plane veered off the runway and careered through the perimeter fence. [VERB preposition/adverb] Horrified commuters saw the lorry veer across the motorway and overturn. [VERB preposition/adverb] 2. verb If someone or something veers in a certain direction, they change their position or direction in a particular situation. He is unlikely to veer from his boss's strongly held views. [VERB preposition/adverb] I veered away from the set menu and went for the day's special of queen scallops. [VERB preposition/adverb] Her image veers towards the untidily romantic. [VERB preposition/adverb] 3. verb When the wind veers, it changes direction. The wind had veered from the west to north-by-west. [VERB preposition/adverb] As it strengthened the wind was veering southerly. [VERB preposition/adverb] Collocations: veer wildly It hasn't veered wildly to the left as it did after 1979. Times, Sunday Times In principle, floating exchange rates adjust automatically to keep economy in balance, but in real practice, these fluctuations would sometimes veer wildly from the ideal level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Worse, he has veered wildly between idealism and ineffectual ruthlessness. Times, Sunday Times But then it veered wildly, cleverly, into something properly tense and unexpected. Times, Sunday Times And this interview has veered wildly off course. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 突然转向 Japanese: 急に向きを変える |
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