单词 |
veerable |
释义 |
ˈveerable, a. [f. veer v.2 1.] † Of the wind: Tending to veer; changeable.
1670–1Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. (1694) 56 The wind veerable round the compass. 1698Corant in Dampier Voy. (1699) II. iii. 55 When we find the Winds..veerable to S.W. and back to South, we stand off to the Westward. 1712W. Rogers Voy. (1718) 13 Yesterday the wind was very little and veerable. 1742Woodroofe in Hanway Trav. (1762) I. ii. xxiii. 98 The winds being light and veerable favored us very much. |

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