veer
verb/vɪə(r)/
/vɪr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they veer | /vɪə(r)/ /vɪr/ |
| he / she / it veers | /vɪəz/ /vɪrz/ |
| past simple veered | /vɪəd/ /vɪrd/ |
| past participle veered | /vɪəd/ /vɪrd/ |
| -ing form veering | /ˈvɪərɪŋ/ /ˈvɪrɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (especially of a vehicle) to change direction suddenly
突然变向；猛然转向 - The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road.
公共汽车突然驶入了逆行道。 - It is still not clear why the missile veered off course.
目前尚不清楚导弹为何偏离航线。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc2- He veered left towards them.
他向左转朝他们冲过去。 - The car veered off the road.
汽车偏离了路面。 - The missile veered wildly off course.
导弹猛地转向，偏离了轨道。 - The path veers sharply to the right.
道路急转向右。 - The plane veered away to the left.
飞机突然调转方向往左侧飞去。 - The ship veered round wildly in the rough sea.
船在波涛汹涌的大海上颠簸里忽左忽右。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- sharply
- wildly
- (to the) left
- …
- between
- from
- off
- …
- veer close to something
- The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a conversation or way of behaving or thinking) to change in the way it develops
偏离；改变；转变 - The debate veered away from the main topic of discussion.
争论脱离了讨论的主题。 - His emotions veered between fear and anger.
他的情绪变化不定，一会儿恐惧一会儿生气。
Extra Examples- The play veers from loopy comedy to serious moralizing.
这部戏从怪诞的喜剧转成了严肃的道德说教。 - His poetry veered dangerously close to sentimentalism.
他的诗风陡然转至近乎伤感多愁，这种改变很危险。 - He veered between the extremes of optimism and pessimism.
他时而极度乐观，时而悲观绝望。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- sharply
- wildly
- (to the) left
- …
- between
- from
- off
- …
- veer close to something
- The debate veered away from the main topic of discussion.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (specialist) (of the wind) to change direction
改变方向 - The wind veered to the west.
风向转西。
- The wind veered to the west.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French virer, perhaps from an alteration of Latin gyrare, from Greek guros ‘a ring’.