veer

Word family

veer /vɪə $ vɪr/ verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]

1 TURNto change direction 改变方向，转向

veer off

A tanker driver died when his lorry veered off the motorway.

一位油罐车司机在他的货车冲出高速公路时丧生。

The plane veered off course.

飞机偏离了航线。

Follow the path and veer left after 400m.

沿着这条小路走400米，然后向左转。

The wind was veering north.

风向往北偏了。

2 CHANGE YOUR MINDif opinions, ideas, attitudes etc veer in a particular direction, they gradually change and become quite different 〔观点、主意、态度等〕转变，改变

This latest proposal appears to veer in the direction of Democratic ideals.

这项最新的提议似乎朝着民主党的理想这个方向偏移了。

The conversation veered back to politics.

话题又回到了政治。

Examples from the Corpus

veer• The car suddenly veered across the road into oncoming traffic.• People come right through a closed ramp, skidding and veering around me.• Have you repeated a point, omitted information, or veered from your original list?• She was about to veer in a different direction when she felt an arm like steel round her waist.• Lightning dipped and veered in a manner which was far too close for comfort.• The boat was heading for the rocks but at the last minute veered off in another direction.• Soon enough, however, Pelevin veers off into his trademark philosophical phantasmagoria.• He walked, his pace swift, down the twisting path, then hesitated where it veered off to the staff-cabins.• When cars came he veered to the shoulder.

veered off course• But things have sort of veered off course.• There was a story about an oil tanker that had veered off course and steamed right through Heaven Sound.• The plane veered off course in a severe thunderstorm and crashed into a hillside.

Origin veer

(1500-1600) French virer

veer verb

Chinese

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