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veer vt.转向；改变n.转向 (1) 近日风向已转北了。(2) 思想一僵化，随风倒的现象就多起来了。(3) 那架飞机乱改航线。(4) 20世纪西方哲学与美学发生了一次重大的转向,那就是语言论的转向。 When you make any quick change of direction you veer. You can veer toward an attractive person at a party, leaving your friends mid-sentence. You veer away from an oncoming truck on the highway to avoid getting crushed. Originally, veer described a change in the direction of the wind, but as you can see, today, anyone or anything that changes direction veers.

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英 [vɪə(r)] 美 [vɪr] (1) The wind has veered round to the north recently.(2) People whose thinking has become rigid tend to veer with the wind.(3) The plane veered wildly.(4) In 20th century, the west philosophy and aesthetics had an important veer, which is language veer. To veer is to make a sudden turn, like when a driver veers off the pavement, or a pleasant conversation veers off in a troubling direction. 1[VERB 动词]（突然）转向，改变方向 If something veers in a certain direction, it suddenly moves in that direction.   [V prep/adv]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。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。2[VERB 动词]改变立场（或态度） If someone or something veers in a certain direction, they change their position or direction in a particular situation.   [V prep/adv]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。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。Her image veers towards the untidily romantic.她的形象变得风流多情，不修边幅。3[VERB 动词]（风）改变方向 When the wind veers it changes direction.   [V prep/adv]  [Also V]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。As it strengthened the wind was veering southerly.随着风力加强，风向也向南偏转。

英语单词	veer
英美音标	英 [vɪə(r)] 美 [vɪr]
中文释义	vt.转向；改变 n.转向
英语例句	(1) The wind has veered round to the north recently. (2) People whose thinking has become rigid tend to veer with the wind. (3) The plane veered wildly. (4) In 20th century, the west philosophy and aesthetics had an important veer, which is language veer.
中文例句	(1) 近日风向已转北了。 (2) 思想一僵化，随风倒的现象就多起来了。 (3) 那架飞机乱改航线。 (4) 20世纪西方哲学与美学发生了一次重大的转向,那就是语言论的转向。
vocabulary简明	To veer is to make a sudden turn, like when a driver veers off the pavement, or a pleasant conversation veers off in a troubling direction.
vocabulary扩展	When you make any quick change of direction you veer. You can veer toward an attractive person at a party, leaving your friends mid-sentence. You veer away from an oncoming truck on the highway to avoid getting crushed. Originally, veer described a change in the direction of the wind, but as you can see, today, anyone or anything that changes direction veers.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（突然）转向，改变方向 If something veers in a certain direction, it suddenly moves in that direction. [V prep/adv] 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。 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。 2 [VERB 动词]改变立场（或态度） If someone or something veers in a certain direction, they change their position or direction in a particular situation. [V prep/adv] 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。 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。 Her image veers towards the untidily romantic. 她的形象变得风流多情，不修边幅。 3 [VERB 动词]（风）改变方向 When the wind veers it changes direction. [V prep/adv] [Also V] 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。 As it strengthened the wind was veering southerly. 随着风力加强，风向也向南偏转。

Veer Wind Direction Change Verb 动词 [V Prep/Adv