steer
verb
uk/stɪər/us/stɪr/B2[IorT]
tocontrolthedirectionof avehicle:
驾驶（交通工具）；掌方向盘Shecarefullysteered thecararound thepotholes.她小心地驾驶汽车绕过那些坑洞。
Thiscaris veryeasyto steer.这辆车很容易开。
[IorT]
If avehiclesteers, itfollowsaparticularrouteordirection:
（交通工具）行驶，沿（特定路线或方向）行进TheshippassedLand's End, in Cornwall, then steered towardssouthernIreland.船绕过康沃尔的兰兹角，接着向爱尔兰南部驶去。
[Tusually+ adv/prep]
to take someone or something or make someone or something go in thedirectionin which youwanthim, her, or it:
引导，带领She steered herguestsinto thediningroom.她把客人们领到餐厅。
I'd like to steerourdiscussionback toouroriginaltopic.我想请大家重新回到我们原来讨论的话题。
Themaintaskof the newgovernmentwill be to steer thecountrytowardsdemocracy.新政府的主要任务是将国家引向民主。
- Itriedto steer theboataway from thebank.
- Itriedto steer round therockson theroad.
- I steered abittoosharplyto theleft.
- I took herarm, andtriedto steer her away fromAdam.
- She steered me towards thedoor.
On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- backsomeoneup
- behind the wheelidiom
- bike
- biting point
- boxed in
- branch off
- coast
- drive off
- DWI
- jam
- pullsomeoneup shortidiom
- run away withsomeone
- satnav
- self-driving
- snow chains
- stall
- steerable
- undertake
- undertaking
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General words for movement
Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way
Idioms
steer a course/path
steer clear ofsomeone/something
steer
noun[C]
uk/stɪər/us/stɪr/steernoun[C](COW)
ayoungmaleof thecattlefamilythat has haditssexorgansremoved, usuallykeptformeat
阉公牛；肉用公牛Names for the male & female of animals
- billy goat
- bitch
- boar
- boomer
- buck
- bull
- bullock
- cob
- doe
- drake
- drone
- ewe
- gelding
- hind
- mare
- sire
- sow
- stag
- stallion
- tigress
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Cattle & similar animals
steernoun[C](ADVICE)
give (sb) a steer
UK
toadvisesomeone or give themusefulinformationabout something:
给予…建议，给予…有用信息Here are myquestions. Can anyone give me a steer?这些是我的问题。有谁能给我些有用的建议吗？
give (sb) a bum steer
US
to give someonebadadvice:
给予…糟糕的建议Theguyat theinformationofficegave me abumsteer - therestaurantwasterrible.咨询处的人给我的建议很糟糕——那家餐馆非常差。
Giving advice
- (a) word to the wiseidiom
- advice column
- advice columnist
- advisability
- adviser
- agony aunt
- agony uncle
- backseat driver
- bum steer
- clinic
- consultant
- consulting
- counsel
- counselling
- handler
- hold a clinicidiom
- lifestyle manager
- talk some sense into sbidiom
- waste
- would