veer
UK [vɪər] US [vɪr] verb intransitive + adverb or preposition
■to change direction 改变方向；转向•All of a sudden, the car veered off the road.突然那辆车改变方向冲出了公路。 •Moments before crashing, the jet was seen veering sharply to the right.坠机之前的一瞬间，有人看见那架喷气式飞机猛地转向右方。 •Three men were feared dead last night after a helicopter veered off course into an oil platform.昨晚一架直升机偏离航线撞上了石油钻井平台，恐怕有三人因此死亡。 •Our talk soon veered onto the subject of football.我们的谈话很快就转到了足球上。 |