词汇 | careen |
释义 | careen verb[ I+ adv/prep ] mainly USuk /kəˈriːn/ us /kəˈriːn/ to go forward quickly while moving from side to side: 歪歪斜斜地疾行;横冲直撞 The driver lost control of his car when the brakes failed, and it went careening down the hill.刹车失灵,司机控制不住车,车就歪歪斜斜地冲下山去。 to move fast speedHe ran back to his car and sped off. raceShe raced over and hugged me. flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair. beltUKTraffic was belting along the motorway. tearA fire truck came tearing down the road. streakBullets streaked across the sky. Moving quickly agility beetle belt bob up bowl down/along something cannonball gallop gun leg make good timeidiom make hasteidiom make off outrun outrush outsail pelt rush scorch scuttle shoot careen | American Dictionarycareen verb[ I ] us/kəˈrin/ to go forward, esp. quickly, while moving from side to side: The car skidded and careened wildly across several lanes of traffic. Examples of careencareen The careening docks were emptied using pumps, an exhausting - practically lethal - task. They used to come there; they careened their ships from there, and they sailed out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But if we use flying boats, all we need are one or two launches and a tidal beach to careen and scrub the aircraft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It careens from blues to goth to grunge, often in the space of a single song. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ship was promptly beached on the southern bank and careened to make repairs to the hull. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The van spins out of control and goes careening over a cliff. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A beach favoured for careening was called a careenage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The car left the road and careened into the desert. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The harbour was large enough to accommodate their ships and provided a place to careen and repair these vessels. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The pair watch as the car careens into the new shelter on the golf course. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After careening into a field, the car somersaulted three times. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At approximately 9:20, the train careened 40 feet off a 400-foot-long trestle which was then southwest of town. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They looked up to see an alligator, wearing a red scarf and gold innertube, careening down the mountain at top speed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The attacker careened off the ship's bridge and hit the wheelhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Nevertheless, he was troubled seeing persons with whom he conversed; but was said to be fearless as he careened madly (and perhaps blindly) down mountains. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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