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单词 veering
释义 veering
I. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of veer (II)
: turning, shifting, variable
 < snakelike, veering dances — Richard Wright >
 < such a veering record … would seem to support the charges of inconsistency often brought against him — John Mason Brown >
especially : shifting in a clockwise direction
 < a veering wind >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: from gerund of veer (II)
: a shifting especially in a clockwise direction; specifically : an altering of a ship's course by turning away from the direction of the wind
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