swim
v
(-mm-; pt swam , pp swum )
1
(a) [I, Ipr, Ip]
move the body through water by using arms, legs, fins, tail, etc游水; 游泳: Fish swim. 魚會(huì)游水.
Let's go swimming. 咱們?nèi)ビ斡景?
swim on one's back 仰泳
When the ship sank we had to swim for it, ie save ourselves by swimming. 船沉?xí)r我們不得不游泳逃生.
swim underwater, upstream, across, ashore 潛泳、 逆水而游、 游泳橫渡、 游上岸.
(b) [Tn] use particular movements to do this 用某姿勢游泳
swim breast-stroke, back-stroke, crawl, etc 游蛙泳、 仰泳、 爬泳等.
2
(a) [Tn, Tn.pr]
cover a distance by swimming 游(一段距離)
swim a mile, race, river 游一英里、 比賽游泳、 游過河
swim two lengths of the pool 在游泳池中游一個(gè)來回
swim the Channel 泅渡英吉利海峽.
(b) [no passive 不用於被動(dòng)語態(tài)
Tn.pr, Tn.p]
cause (an animal) to do this 使(動(dòng)物)游水
She swam her horse across (the river). 她使馬游水過河.
3 (usu in the continuous tenses 通常用於進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài))
(a) [I, Ipr] ~ (with sth) be flooded or overflowing (with liquid) 被淹; 溢
Her eyes were swimming (with tears). 她淚眼汪汪.
The bathroom floor was swimming with water. 浴室的地面上都是水.
(b) [Ipr] ~ in sth be covered with liquid as if floating in it 浸於液體中; 泡
meat swimming in gravy 浸在濃汁中的肉.
4
(a) [I, Ipr] seem to be whirling 似在旋轉(zhuǎn)
The room swam before his eyes/around him. 他感覺房間好像在他眼前[在他周圍]旋轉(zhuǎn).
(b) [I] have a dizzy feeling 感到眩暈; 發(fā)暈
The whisky made his head swim. 他喝了威士忌感到頭暈?zāi)垦?
My brain swam at the complexity of the calculations. 這種復(fù)雜的計(jì)算搞得我頭昏眼花.
5 (idm 習(xí)語) sink or swim => sink1. swim, n
1 action or period of swimming 游泳: go for a swim 去游泳
I only had two swims last year. 去年我只游泳兩次.
2 (idm 習(xí)語) in/out of the `swim (infml 口) aware or involved/not aware or involved in what is going on 了解或介入[不了解或不介入]當(dāng)前情況
Although I'm retired, voluntary work keeps me in the swim (of things). 我雖已退休, 但仍做些義務(wù)工作, 以便了解當(dāng)前的情勢.
?? 醫(yī)學(xué)釋義
①游,游泳 ②漂浮
?? 同詞根單詞
switchn. 開關(guān);轉(zhuǎn)換,轉(zhuǎn)換器;軟鞭子;[信]接線臺(tái);
vt.& vi. 轉(zhuǎn)變,改變;轉(zhuǎn)換;關(guān)閉電流;鞭打;
vt. 轉(zhuǎn)換;揮動(dòng)(棍棒、鞭子等);迅速轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng);鞭打;
vi. 交換;調(diào)換;
swiftadj. 迅速的;敏捷的;立刻的;突然發(fā)生的;
n. 雨燕;環(huán)球金融同業(yè)電訊會(huì);[人]斯威夫特,《格利佛游記》作者;
adv. 迅速地,敏捷地;