English-Thai Dictionary

swerve

N การ หัก เลี้ยว อย่างกระทันหัน  การ เปลี่ยน ทิศทาง อย่าง ฉับพลัน  veer turn change in direction kan-hak-liao-yang-ka-tan-han

 

swerve

VI เปลี่ยน ทิศทาง  หัก เลี้ยว  หักเห  deviate veer turn pian-tid-tang

 

swerve

VT ทำให้ เปลี่ยน ทิศทาง  ทำให้ หักเห  deviate veer turn tam-hai-pian-tid-tang

 

swerve from

PHRV เปลี่ยน ทันที (ความตั้งใจ  การกระทำ  ทิศทาง ฯลฯ  หันเห  pian-tan-te

 

swerve from

PHRV เปลี่ยน ทิศทาง ทันที  หัก เลี้ยว ทันที  pian-tid-tang-tan-te

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWERVE

v.i.swerv. 1. To wander; to rove.
The swerving vines on the tall elms prevail.
2. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule of duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty or custom; to deviate.
I swerve not from thy commandments.
They swerve from the strict letter of the law.
Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion--
3. To bend; to incline.
4. To climb or move forward by winding or turning.
The tree was high,
Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerv'd.
[This use of the word coincides with that of swarm, which see. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWERVE

Swerve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swerved; p. pr. & vb. n. Swerving. ] Etym: [OE. swerven, AS. sweorfan to wipe off, to file, to polish; akin to OFries. swerva to creep, D. zwerven to swerve, to rope, OS. swerban to wipe off, MHG. swerben to be whirled, OHG. swerban to wipe off, Icel. sverfa to file, Goth. swaírban (in comp. ) to wipe, and perhaps to E. swarm. Cf. Swarm. ]

 

1. To stray; to wander; to rope. [Obs. ] A maid thitherward did run, To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve. Sir P. Sidney.

 

2. To go out of a straight line; to deflect. "The point [of the sword ] swerved." Sir P. Sidney.

 

3. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate. I swerve not from thy commandments. Bk. of Com. Prayer. They swerve from the strict letter of the law. Clarendon. Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion. Atterbury.

 

4. To bend; to incline. "The battle swerved." Milton.

 

5. To climb or move upward by winding or turning. The tree was high; Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved. Dryden.

 

SWERVE

SWERVE Swerve, v. t.

 

Defn: To turn aside. Gauden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

swerve

swerve |swərv swərv | ▶verb change or cause to change direction abruptly: [ no obj. ] : a car swerved around a corner | [ with obj. ] : he swerved the truck, narrowly missing a teenager on a skateboard. ▶noun an abrupt change of direction: do not make sudden swerves, particularly around parked vehicles. DERIVATIVES swerv er noun ORIGIN Old English sweorfan ‘depart, leave, turn aside, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch swerven ‘to stray. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

swerve

swerve |swəːv | ▶verb change or cause to change direction abruptly: a lorry swerved across her path | [ with obj. ] : O'Hara swerved the motorcycle round the corner. ▶noun an abrupt change of direction: do not make sudden swerves, particularly around parked vehicles. • [ mass noun ] divergence from a straight course imparted to a ball or other object, especially in soccer, cricket, or snooker. DERIVATIVES swerver noun ORIGIN Old English sweorfan ‘depart, leave, turn aside ’, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch swerven ‘to stray ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

swerve

swerve verb a car swerved into her path: veer, deviate, skew, diverge, sheer, weave, zigzag, change direction; Sailing tack. ▶noun the bowler regulated his swerve: curve, curl, deviation, twist.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

swerve

swerve verb a car swerved into her path: veer, change direction, go off course, deviate, skew, diverge, sheer, curve, twist, weave, zigzag, turn aside, branch off, sidetrack; Sailing tack; rare divagate. ▶noun the bowler must regulate his swerve so that the ball hits the wicket: curve, curl, bend, deviation, twist, change of direction; N. Amer., Pool & Billiards English.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

swerve

swerve /swəː r v /動詞 自動詞 1 «…から /…に » 急にそれる «from , off /to » ; 急に片側にそれる [寄る ]▸ The car swerved from the road and hit a tree .車は道路からそれて樹木に衝突した 2 ｟かたく ｠〖通例否定文で 〗 «…から » はずれる «from » ▸ He would never swerve from his duty .彼は本分を踏みはずすことは決してない 他動詞 «…から » …をそらせる, 方向を変えさせる «from » .名詞 C 1 それる [曲がる ]こと .2 曲球 .