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swerve

verb
🔊/swɜːv/
🔊/swɜːrv/
 [intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they swerve
🔊/swɜːv/
🔊/swɜːrv/
he / she / it swerves
🔊/swɜːvz/
🔊/swɜːrvz/
past simple swerved
🔊/swɜːvd/
🔊/swɜːrvd/
past participle swerved
🔊/swɜːvd/
🔊/swɜːrvd/
-ing form swerving
🔊/ˈswɜːvɪŋ/
🔊/ˈswɜːrvɪŋ/
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  1. (especially of a vehicle尤指车辆等) to change direction suddenly, especially in order to avoid hitting somebody/something突然转向；急转弯
    • She swerved sharply to avoid a cyclist.她猛地急转弯，以避开一个骑自行车的人。🔊🔊
    • The bus suddenly swerved into his path.公共汽车突然拐到了他走的路上。🔊🔊
    • The ball swerved into the net.球在空中划了一条弧线，进了球门。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The car veered out of control and swerved across the road.汽车失去控制，突然转向冲过马路。
    • The vehicle swerved off the road.这辆车突然转向驶离了公路。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • sharply
    • violently
    • dangerously
    • …
    preposition
    • across
    • around
    • into
    • …
    phrases
    • swerve to avoid somebody/​something
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    Word OriginOld English sweorfan ‘depart, leave, turn aside’, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch swerven ‘to stray’.

swerve

noun
🔊/swɜːv/
🔊/swɜːrv/
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  1. a sudden change of direction by a vehicle, especially in order to avoid hitting somebody/something突然转向；急转弯
    • The bus made a sudden swerve to the left.公共汽车突然向左转弯。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sudden
    verb + swerve
    • make
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