body swerve
- an abrupt swerving movement of the whole body, used as a tactic to avoid contact or collision；an act of avoiding or evading someone or something
- make an abrupt swerving movement of the whole body in order to avoid contact or collision；avoid or evade
verb: body-swerve, 3rd person present: body-swerves, gerund or present participle: body-swerving, past tense: body-swerved, past participle: body-swerved
noun: body swerve, plural noun: body swerves
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- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an abrupt swerving movement of the whole body, used as a tactic to avoid contact or collision he beat the goalkeeper with a body swerve before scoring with a well-executed shot from a difficult angle
- ▪ an act of avoiding or evading someone or something most of the big-time golfers made their excuses and gave the event a body swerve
動詞
- 1. make an abrupt swerving movement of the whole body in order to avoid contact or collision I grabbed my coat, body-swerved round the chair and bolted
- ▪ avoid or evade he advises the squeamish to body-swerve the food markets Harte opted to body-swerve the question
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- IPA[ˈbɒdɪ swəːv]
英式
- an abrupt swerving movement of the whole body, used as a tactic to avoid contact or collision: he beat the goalkeeper with a body swerve before scoring with a well-executed shot from a difficult angle
- make an abrupt swerving movement of the whole body in order to avoid contact or collision: I grabbed my coat, body-swerved round the chair and bolted
Oxford Dictionary
