英语词汇“careen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

careencareen /kəˈrin/ verb [intransitive always + adv./prep.]

ETYMOLOGYcareen

Origin: 1900-2000 careen to turn a ship over, especially in order to do work on its bottom (16-21 centuries), from French carène bottom of a boat, from Latin carina nutshell; influenced by ➔ CAREER¹

VERB TABLE

careen

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	careen
	he, she, it	careens
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	careened
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have careened
	he, she, it	has careened
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had careened
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will careen
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have careened

Continuous Form
Present	I	am careening
	he, she, it	is careening
	you, we, they	are careening
Past	I, he, she, it	was careening
	you, we, they	were careening
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been careening
	he, she, it	has been careening
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been careening
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be careening
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been careening

1to move quickly forward without control, making sudden sideways movements: careen down/over/around etc. The truck careened into a ditch.2to keep changing in an uncontrolled way: careen from/toward Her emotions careened from hatred to pity and back again.