careen

美音:[kə'rin] 英音:[kə'riːn]

简单释义:


n.(船等的)倾斜;【船】倾(船)修(理)

v.(尤指危险或失控地)猛冲

网络使倾斜;使船倾斜;倾侧

变形:

过去分词:careened  现在分词:careening  第三人称单数:careens  


完整释义:


v.

1.使(船)倾斜(以便修船底)
2.(船)倾斜;(车等)歪斜着行驶
3.修理倾侧着的船
4.在倾斜佐位置上修理(船)
5.使倾斜
6.(使)倾倒
7.使船倾斜
8.使船侧倾

n.

1.偏滩
2.(船等的)倾斜
3.【造船】倾(船)修(理)


例句:

  1. We catch a glimpse of it when we are in a Jamaican taxi and the driver careen the corner missing the incoming trailer by several inches.
    当我们坐在一辆牙买加的士中,司机因为没看见几英寸以外开过来的拖车猛然转弯时,我们和死亡擦肩而过。

  2. So far, the generations that will follow us, as our planet and our civilization careen over a cliff, are none the wiser.
    到现在为止,虽然我们的地球已经是悬崖上倾斜了,但我们的下一代仍一无所知。

  3. the river is very very smooth . . . I was really expecting the plane would careen or flip over or break apart.
    河水非常平稳…我真的很相信飞机将侧翻或倒装或拆分。

  4. Mei is an only child whose stable, middle-class family life is torn apart as her parents careen toward divorce.
    小美是位出生于稳定中产家庭的独生女,而随着父母婚姻濒临破碎,她的生活也变得四分五裂。

  5. As Jack speeds to the gate , guards shoot at the van , causing it to careen to a halt .
    杰克驾车加速向大门冲去,守卫们向他的车狂扫射击,使得车倾翻了,停止了前进。

  6. If any thing, it may be a stir-careen through unscreened windows that the phenomenon now has a name, high-rise syndrome.
    任何东西,只要是一种不对劲的能量束都会吸引猫的注意力。很多猫冲向没有关的窗户这一现象现在有了一个专有名词——高空综合症。

  7. Illinois seems to careen from one crisis to the next.
    看起来伊利诺斯州正从一个危机进入到下一个危机中去。

  8. Careen: To lurch or swerve while in motion.
    在运动过程中突然侧倾或偏斜。

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