steer

• vt. 控製，引導；駕駛
• vi. 駕駛，掌舵；行駛
• n. 閹牛
• n. (Steer)人名；(英)斯蒂爾；(德、匈)施特爾

來自古英語 steran,駕駛，操縱，引領，指導，來自 Proto-Germanic*steurjan,駕駛，操縱，來 自*steuro,舵，來自 PIE*sta,站立，建立，詞源同 stand.

來自古英語 steor,閹公牛，肉用公牛，來自 Proto-Germanic*steuraz,公牛，來自 PIE*steu-ro, 大型家畜，雄壯動物，來自 PIE*sta,站立，詞源同 stand,Taurus.

steer

steer: Steer ‘control direction’ [OE] and steer ‘young ox’ [OE] are quite unrelated. The latter comes from a prehistoric Germanic *(s)teuraz, which also produced German and Dutch stier, Swedish tjur, and Danish tyr ‘bull’. It was descended from a base denoting ‘strength’ or ‘sturdiness’ (source also of Sanskrit somethingūra- ‘strong, thick’), and may be related to Latin taurus ‘bull’. Steer ‘control direction’ comes from a prehistoric Germanic *steurjan, source also of German steuern, Dutch stieren, Swedish styra, and Danish styre.

This in turn was derived from the noun *steurō ‘steering’, which also lies behind English stern and the first syllable of starboard.
=> starboard, stern

steer (v.)

"guide the course of a vehicle," originally by a rudder or something like it, Old English steran (Mercian), stieran (West Saxon) "steer, guide, direct; govern, rule; restrain, correct, punish," from Proto-Germanic *steurjan (cognates: Old Norse styra, Old Frisian stiora, Dutch sturen, Old High German stiuren, German steuern "to steer," Gothic stiurjan "to establish, assert"), related to *steuro "a rudder, a steering," from PIE *steu-ro- (cognates: Greek stauros "stake, pole"), extended form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).

The notion is of a stiff, upright pillar or post used in steering, or else perhaps "establish," hence "direct, steer." Intransitive sense also was in Old English. To steer clear of in the figurative sense of "to avoid completely" is recorded from 1723. Related: Steered; steering.

steer (n.)

"young ox," Old English steor "bullock," from Proto-Germanic *steuraz (cognates: Old Saxon stior, Old Norse stjorr, Swedish tjur, Danish tyr, Middle Dutch, Dutch, German stier, Gothic stiur "bull"), perhaps from PIE *steu-ro-, denoting "larger domestic animal" (see taurus). In U.S. of male beef cattle of any age.

1. The rabbis try to steer clear of political questions.

拉比們努力避開政治問題。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The book tries to steer you through the maze of alternative therapies.

本書旨在就各種非傳統療法為您指點迷津。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Father tried to steer Jim into becoming a musician.

父親想說服吉姆將來當音樂家.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The chairman was able to steer the committee towards a decision.

主席能引導委員會作出決定.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. It takes a skilled pilot to steer the ship through.

一個熟練的領航員才能把船駛過這狹窄的海港入口.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》