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。
• If you are surrounded with people who have no desire to lose weight, it is very likely that you will end up veering away from your weight loss goals.
  假如你周围都是些不想减肥的朋友，那你很可能最后会和减肥的目标渐行渐远。
• The plane can be seen veering sharply, with the wing striking a vehicle and barrier on the plane's descent.
  可以看到，这架飞机突然偏离航向，在下降时，机翼撞击一辆车以及桥栏。
• 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。
• Going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside.
  从一点直接向前到另一点，没有改变或者转换方向。
• 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。
• 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？
• We are still running before the wind along a course of270 degrees, veering to North North West, making way briskly, about two leagues, each of three miles this hour.
  我们原本北风航向二百七十度罗盘航向，风力突然把我们推向北偏西方向，力道迅猛，这个小时就前进了6里。
• 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。
• However MSNBC says some purists are offended that Coca-Cola is veering from its traditional red cans, and some deluded sippers feel that the soda tastes different in white cans.
  但是MSNBC报道说一些追随者被冒犯了，因为可口可乐改变了其原有的红色罐装，甚至一些痴迷的饮者认为白罐中的碳酸水味道与以前不同。