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yaw

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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yaw /jɔː $ jɒː/ verb [intransitive]  technicalTT if a ship, aircraft etc yaws, it turns away from the direction it should be travelling in 〔船、飞机等〕偏航yaw noun [countable, uncountable]
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Examples from the Corpus
yawAs the drop-ship yawed away, fleeing, a hem of the cat's cradle dipped towards it.The road yaws out in front of us, and it is clear that yet another armadillo has been chucked overboard.The small jet yawed sharply to the right, upwards and towards the Ilyushin airline.The book says if you keep yawing the aircraft from side to side the wheel may release.Them with terrible majesty, it snap-rolled on to its back and with its nose down began yawing violently to the right.
yaw verbChinese
ship, it away turns yaws, if etc a Corpus aircraft


yaw
yaw /jɔː $ jɒː/ verb [intransitive]
technical if a ship, aircraft etc yaws, it turns away from the direction it should be travelling in
—yaw noun [uncountable and countable]


yawBrE /jɔː/ 🔊NAmE /jɔː/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they yaw BrE /jɔː/ 🔊 NAmE /jɔː/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it yaws BrE /jɔːz/ 🔊 NAmE /jɔːz/ 🔊past simple yawed BrE /jɔːd/ 🔊 NAmE /jɔːd/ 🔊past participle yawed BrE /jɔːd/ 🔊 NAmE /jɔːd/ 🔊 -ing form yawing BrE /ˈjɔːɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈjɔːɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] (specialist) (of a ship or plane 轮船或飞机) to turn to one side, away from a straight course, in an unsteady way 偏航 yaw noun [countable, uncountable]