单词 | veer |
释义 | veer v 1 (a) [I, Ipr, Ip] (esp of a vehicle) change direction or course (尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线 The plane veered wildly. 那架飞机乱改航线. The car suddenly veered off the road. 那辆汽车突然驶离了公路路面. The wind has veered round. 风向相反了. (b) [Ipr] (fig 比喻) (of a conversation, sb´s behaviour or opinion) change suddenly or very noticeably (指谈话内容、 人的行为或观点)突然改变, 明显转变 The discussion veered away from religion and round to politics. 这场讨论从宗教问题一下子转到了政治问题上. 2 [I, Ipr, Ip] (of the wind) change gradually in a clockwise direction in the N Hemisphere and an anti-clockwise direction in the S Hemisphere (指风)(在北半球按顺时针方向、 在南半球按反时针方向)逐渐转向 The wind veered (round to the) north. 近日风向已转北了. Cf 参看 back4 7. |
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