veering

英 [ˈvɪərɪŋ]

美 [ˈvɪrɪŋ]

v.  突然变向; 猛然转向; 偏离; 改变; 转变; 改变方向
veer的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB （突然）转向,改变方向
  If somethingveersin a certain direction, it suddenly moves in that direction.
  1. The plane veered off the runway and careered through the perimeter fence...
     飞机突然偏离跑道，高速冲过了周围的护栏。
  2. Horrified commuters saw the lorry veer across the motorway and overturn.
     惊恐万分的通勤者们看见那辆卡车突然冲向高速公路另一侧，接着翻倒在地。
• VERB 改变立场（或态度）
  If someone or somethingveersin a certain direction, they change their position or direction in a particular situation.
  1. He is unlikely to veer from his boss's strongly held views...
     他不可能背离他老板的强硬立场。
  2. I veered away from the set menu and went for the day's special of queen scallops...
     我没有点套餐，而是要了当日的特供菜——皇后海扇贝。
  3. Her image veers towards the untidily romantic.
     她的形象变得风流多情，不修边幅。
• VERB （风）改变方向
  When the windveersit changes direction.
  1. The wind had veered from the west to north-by-west...
     风向已经改变，从西风转为西北风。
  2. As it strengthened the wind was veering southerly.
     随着风力加强，风向也向南偏转。

英英释义

noun

• the act of turning aside suddenly
  Synonym:swerveswerving

双语例句

• The little boat kept veering from its course in such a turbulent river.
  小船在这湍急的河中总是改变方向。
• Don't worry, the wind is veering from its course and we shall soon be able to reach home.
  别着急，风正在转向，我们很快就能到家了。
• How far is America veering toward police-state tactics?
  美国将在多大程度上转而采取警察国家的策略？
• Where a truck is sent veering over a bridge.
  一辆卡车在桥上突然转向。
• If the caller is veering too far away from the subject, you might say: "Since I have another appointment in a few minutes, I'd like to discuss our primary concern."
  如果来访者离题太远，你能够说：“因为我几分钟后还有一个约会，我们还是讨论我们最后谈论的问题吧。”
• It must be kind of a relief to get this sort of no-nonsense attitude toward these issues after all the tacking and veering that we're likely to have experienced in earlier writers.
  在经历了，其它作家的，所有这些绕来绕去之后，能有这种直截了当的态度是一种安慰。
• Having discovered our troops, they are now veering to the South and west of Wayaopao and then they will again advance towards that town to drive us northward.
  现在因发现我军，故又折向瓦市以南以西，再向瓦市赶我北上。
• Sentiments veering between the two extremes have long confused the West's relations with the Asian giant.
  在两个极端之间摇摆不定的态度一直困扰着西方和这个亚洲巨人之间的关系。
• In this paper, the fracture of the veering fan-shaped rocker shaft was analyzed by means of metallograph and SEM.
  通过金相检验，扫描电镜等测试手段对转向齿扇摇臂轴断裂原因进行分析。
• Irene caused worry because it tracked the coast rather than veering inland and dissipating, and it covered a wide area.
  艾琳飓风导致担忧的原因在于，它的预测轨迹沿着海岸线（而非转向内陆并逐渐消散），而且影响区域很广。