| 单词 | swerve |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [swə:v] |
| 解释 | v.突然改变方向 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.突然改变方向(to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course；deviate) 【考】 plummet : fall / swerve : turn(突然落下和落下/突 然转弯和转弯)反义词：maintain direction(保持方向) 【例】 The car swerved sharply to avoid hitting a bicycle |
| 字源 | swerve (v.) c.1200, "to depart, go make off; turn away or aside;" c.1300, "to turn aside, deviate from a straight course;" in form from Old English sweorfan "to rub, scour, file away, grind away," but sense development is difficult to trace. The Old English word is from Proto-Germanic *swerb- (cf Old Norse sverfa "to scour, file," Old Saxon swebran "to wipe off"), from PIE root *swerbh- "to turn; wipe off." Cognate words in other Germanic languages (cognates: Old Frisian swerva "to creep," Middle Dutch swerven "to rove, roam, stray") suggests the sense of "go off, turn aside" might have existed in Old English, though unrecorded. Related: Swerved; swerving. swerve (n.) 1741, from swerve (v.). |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. /n. 突然改变方向 【记】读: 死弯儿－急转弯－突然转向. 【类】plummet: fall = swerve: turn突然落下和落下 = 突然转弯和转弯 【反】maintain direction(保持方向) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：水+ whirl (音：涡)回旋，旋转→转；wave 波，波浪扑来使船改变方向；音：水涡涡，水涡儿弯，开船经过水涡涡会突然转向 【相关】swirl 漩涡，发音也是漩涡 |
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