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单词 yaw
释义 yaw
I. \ˈyȯ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : an angular displacement from a straight line or course : deviation: as
 a. : a movement of a ship by which it temporarily swerves off course : sheer
 b. : angular motion about the normal axis of an airplane
  < checking the plane's characteristics in roll, pitch and yawBoeing Magazine >
 c.
  (1) : the angle formed by the longitudinal axis of a bullet or missile and the tangent to its trajectory
  (2) : the wobble of a bullet or missile rotating in flight
2. : an erratic sideward motion : lurch
 < gave a beery yaw in the saddle — R.L.Stevenson >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to deviate erratically from a course
  < vessels yaw in following seas when … more or less out of steering control — W.P.Moore >
  < suddenly the rocket ship yaws hard left — Arthur Murray >
  < fighting the wheel as the jeep yawed from side to side — Frank Schreider >
 b. : to veer away from normal axis
  < for an instant the muzzle yawed up at the moon — Vincent McHugh >
2. : to become deflected : swerve
 < his mind kept yawing drunkenly — Norman Mailer >
transitive verb
: to cause to yaw
 < twisted us, and yawed us until the helmsman's life was a burden to him — Outing >
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably alteration of yawn (I)
: gape, yawn
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: back-formation from yaws
: one of the lesions characteristic of yaws — see mother yaw
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