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IELTS BNC: 14758 COCA: 11962

swerve

Word family 
ldoce_324_cswerve /swɜːv $ swɜːrv/ verb [intransitiveI]  
1  TURNto make a sudden sideways movement while moving forwards, usually in order to avoid hitting something 〔通常为了避免碰撞〕突然转向一边
swerve violently/sharply
 The car swerved sharply to avoid the dog.
车子猛地急转，以避开那条狗。
swerve across/off/into etc
 The bus swerved off the road.
公共汽车突然转向驶离了马路。
→5  See picture of SWERVE 急转
2  [usually in negatives] formalCHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER to change from an idea, course of action, purpose etc 改变；背离〔主意、做法、目的等〕
swerve from
 He would never swerve from the truth.
他绝不会违背真理。
—swerve noun [countableC]
Examples from the Corpus
swerve• In the discus-throwing when his turn came and he hurled the heavy missile, it swerved and fell among the spectators.• Cars are wet as they drive by, swerving dangerously.• Dozens were injured when a passenger bus swerved into the wrong lane and slammed into another bus.• Instead of swerving right, I swerved left, barreling straight into him with the fender.• Unless we swerve soon, we will drown.• Quick as she was, Feargal was quicker and swerved swiftly to one side.• The driver swerved to avoid a child, and crashed into a signpost.• I swerved to avoid a solitary drunk who dreamily crossed the road backwards.• She swerved to avoid the cyclist.• It was a great wordless whoop that echoed round the Castle, and Ruth saw all the spears swerve towards them.
swerve across/off/into etc• We swerved into a gas station on the corner and started to do figure-eights around the pumps.• He kept it rolling and swerved off at the first exit on the right.• At the last moment the two leading horses refused to jump it and so swerved into oncoming runners.• It swerved off the road; killed three of the children; and badly injured Anne Maguire.• He swerved off the track and into the gravel trap backwards, praying he wouldn't clout the wall.• He gunned the engine and swerved into traffic, tires squealing.• In an extreme case, she guided one middle manager who was going through mid-life swerve into working at a zoo.
swerve from• McLaren would never swerve from the truth.
Origin swerve
Old English sweorfan “to wipe, put away”
swerve verb
Chinese
Corpus
IELTS BNC: 14758 COCA: 11962
swerve

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SWERVE ADJECTIVE➤sudden突然的轉向◇The car made a sudden swerve to the left.汽車突然向左急轉。VERB + SWERVE➤make轉彎
swerve

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤sharply, violently猛然轉向➤dangerously, wildly危險地／瘋狂地轉向▸➤suddenly突然轉向▸➤away轉向離開PREPOSITION➤across轉向衝過◇The car veered out of control and swerved across the road.汽車失去控制，突然轉向衝過馬路。➤around, into轉圈；轉進◇A van suddenly swerved into her path.一輛貨車突然轉向上了她的行車道。➤off轉向離開◇The vehicle swerved off the road.這輛車突然轉向駛離了公路。PHRASES➤swerve to avoid sb/sth轉向以避讓⋯◇The car swerved sharply to avoid the bus.這輛汽車猛地轉向避讓公共汽車。
IELTS BNC: 14758 COCA: 11962
IELTS BNC: 14758 COCA: 11962

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