swerve

🇬🇧/swɜːv/ 🇺🇸/swɜːrv/📚 12338 77 1雅思

If a vehicle or other moving thing swerves or if you swerve it, it suddenly changes direction, often in order to avoid hitting something. ^{使突然转向; 突然转向}

verb [vt. 及物动词]（使）突然转向，（使）急转弯；改变，背离

Drivers coming in the opposite direction swerved to avoid the bodies.
从反方向过来的司机们突然转向以避开这些尸体。

noun [抽象名词]突然转弯；（球，其他物体）突然转向（或作弧线运动）；偏离的程度

He swung the car to the left and that swerve saved Malone's life.
他把车猛转向左边，那一转救了马隆的命。

swerve 出现在下面的课文中: Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about swerve 动词: 急转变

vi. 突然转向；转弯；背离

单词造句:

v.突然转向

The lorry swerved sharply to avoid the child.
After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision.
Moments before crashing, the jet was seen veering sharply to the right.

change course ^改变航向

The plane changed course to avoid the storm.