steer

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /stɪə/    美 /stɪɹ/|/stɪɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A suggestion about a course of action. informal
    — I tried to give you the steer, but I guess I didn't get it over. Everybody knew it but you.
  2. The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
    — He counted the cattle over and over. It diverted him to speculate as to how much weight each of the steers would probably put on by spring.
  3. A helmsman; a pilot. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel). intransitive
    — The boat steered towards the iceberg.
  2. To castrate (a male calf). transitive
  3. To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel). transitive
    — I find it very difficult to steer a skateboard.
  4. To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm. intransitive
    — The boat steers easily.
  5. To direct a group of animals. transitive
  6. To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action. transitive
    — Hume believes that principles of association steer the imagination of artists.
  7. To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action. reflexive
  8. To direct a conversation. transitive
  9. To direct or send an object into a specific place transitive
    — Sterling, who scored the winners against Croatia and the Czech Republic in the group stage, steered in Luke Shaw's cross after 75 minutes to send England's fans, with more than 40,000 inside Wembley, into wild celebrations.

词形变化

steers present,singular,third-person steering participle,present steered participle,past steered past steers plural steers plural steers present,singular,third-person steering participle,present steered participle,past steered past

词汇关系

衍生词
autosteer besteer countersteer course to steer missteer outsteer oversteer resteer shuffle steer skidsteer starboard steerability steerable steerage steer clear steerer steeringly steersman steersmate steersperson steerswoman stivot understeer unsteered bum steer steerless steer tube
相关词
differential steering steering wheel throttle steering torque steer starboard

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English steeren, steren, stiren, sturen, steoren, from Old English stēoran, stīeran, stȳran (“to steer; guide a vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną (“to steer”).
The noun is from Middle English steere, stere (“rudder”), steor, from Old English stēor, stȳr (“steering; guidance; direction”). Compare Dutch stuur, German Steuer, Icelandic stýri.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English steer, ster, from Old English stēor (“a young bull or cow; steer”), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz (“bull; steer”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros (“wild bull; aurochs”). Cognate with Dutch stier, German Stier, Icelandic stjór, Latin taurus (“bull”), Greek ταύρος (távros). Doublet of tur and Taurus.
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