This flashcard provides multiple definitions for the word "swim" as a verb, covering actions like moving through water, competing in races, and crossing water bodies, as well as the movement of aquatic life. It also explains figurative uses like feeling dizzy or being submerged in liquid, and notes that "swim" can also be used as a noun to refer to the act of swimming.
This flashcard defines the word "swim" as a verb, with multiple meanings including moving through water, participating in a swimming race, crossing a body of water, and a fish's movement. It also includes secondary meanings like feeling dizzy or an object being surrounded by liquid, and notes "swim" can also be a noun meaning a period of swimming.
[VERB 动词]游泳;游水 When you swim, you move through water by making movements with your arms and legs.
[V]
[V adv/prep]
[V amount/n]
She learned to swim when she was really tiny...
她很小的时候就学会了游泳。
I went round to Jonathan's to see if he wanted to go swimming...
我去乔纳森那里看看他是否想去游泳。
He was rescued only when an exhausted friend swam ashore...
当一个精疲力尽的友人游上岸后他才获救。
I swim a mile a day.
我每天游一英里。
Swim is also a noun.
When can we go for a swim, Mam?
妈妈,我们什么时候能去游泳啊?
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[VERB 动词]参加游泳比赛 If you swim a race, you take part in a swimming race.
[V n]
[Also V]
She swam the 400 metres medley ten seconds slower than she did in 1980.
她 400 米混合泳的成绩比其 1980 年慢了 10 秒。
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[VERB 动词]游过(一段水域);横渡 If you swim a stretch of water, you keep swimming until you have crossed it.
[V n]
In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel.
1875年,马修·韦布船长成为横渡英吉利海峡的第一人。
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[VERB 动词](鱼)游,游动 When a fish swims, it moves through water by moving its body.
[V adv/prep]
[Also V]
The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream.
这些障碍物对于想要往上游游动的鱼儿来说是致命的。
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[VERB 动词](通常指生病时觉得物体仿佛在)旋转,摇晃 If objects swim, they seem to be moving backwards and forwards, usually because you are ill.
[V]
Alexis suddenly could take no more: he felt too hot, he couldn't breathe, the room swam.
亚历克西斯突然觉得受不了了,他感到闷热,喘不上气,仿佛整间屋子在旋转。
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[VERB 动词]头晕;眩晕 If your head is swimming, you feel unsteady and slightly ill.
[V]
The musty aroma of incense made her head swim.
熏香发霉的气味令她感到头晕。
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[VERB 动词]浸;泡;充溢着 If something is swimming in liquid or is swimming with liquid, it is surrounded by and covered with it.
[V in/with n]
[only cont]
He polished off a large steak, salad, broccoli swimming in thick sauce, and half a litre of wine.
他狼吞虎咽地吃下了一大块牛排、很多色拉和浸着浓稠酱汁的花耶菜,还喝了半升红酒。
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sink or swim→see:
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swim★/swɪm; NAmEswɪm/
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swimswimsswamswimmingswumverb★(swim·ming,swam/swæm; NAmEswæm/swum/swʌm; NAmEswʌm/)1★[intransitive , transitive ](of a person 人)to move through water in a horizontal position using the arms and legs 游水;游泳◆I can't swim.我不会游泳。◆The boys swam across the lake.男孩子们游到了湖对岸。◆They spent the day swimming and sunbathing.他们整整一天都在游泳和晒太阳。swimsth ◆Can you swim backstroke yet?你会仰泳了吗?◆How long will it take her to swim the Channel?她游过英吉利海峡得用多长时间?☞note at
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2★[intransitive ]go swimmingto spend time swimmingfor pleasure 游泳(作为娱乐)◆I go swimming twice a week.我每星期游泳两次。3★[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)(of a fish, etc. 鱼等)to move through or across water 游;游动◆A shoal of fish swam past.一群鱼游了过去。◆Ducks were swimming around on the river.鸭子在河面上游来游去。4[intransitive ](usuallybe swimming )to be covered with a lot of liquid 浸;泡;洒满;充溢着swim(in sth) ◆The main course was swimming in oil.主菜油汪汪的。swim(with sth) ◆Her eyes were swimming with tears.她两眼噙满泪水。5[intransitive ](of objects, etc. 物体等)to seem to be moving around, especially when you are ill/sick or drunk 仿佛在旋转,似在晃动(尤指生病或酒醉时的感觉)◆The pages swam before her eyes.书页仿佛在她眼前晃动。6[intransitive ]to feel confused and/or as if everything is spinning around 眩晕;感觉天旋地转◆His head swam and he swayed dizzily.他感觉天旋地转,摇晃起来。IDIOMsee
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v.noun1[singular ]a period of time during which you swim 游泳◆Let's go for a swim.我们去游个泳吧。2( especially NAmE) (in compounds) related to or used for swimming (构成复合词)与游泳有关的,游泳时用的◆a swim meet (= a swimming competition between teams)游泳比赛◆swim trunks游泳裤IDIOMin the ˈswim (of things)( informal) involved in things that are happening in society or in a particular situation 积极参与社会生活(或某活动);合潮流swim/swɪm; NAmEswɪm/swam/swæm; NAmEswæm/swum/swʌm; NAmEswʌm/
1move through water [intransitive, transitive] to move yourself through water using your arms and legsswim in We swam in the chilly water.swim around/across etc She could swim across the lake. kids learning to swim the backstroke She was the first woman to swim the Channel.2water animals [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] when fish, ducks etc swim, they move around the water using their tails and fins, their feet etc: Tropical fish swam slowly around in the tank.3not thinking/seeing properly [intransitive]a)if your head swims, you start to feel confused or that everything is spinning around: My head was swimming after looking at that screen all day.b)if something you are looking at swims, it seems to be moving around, usually because you are ill, tired, or drunk: The numbers swam before my eyes.4be swimming in something to be covered by a lot of liquid: potatoes swimming in thick gravy5swim against the tide/current etc to do or say things which are different from what most people do or say, because you do not mind being differentOPP swim with the tide → sink or swim
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swim1 verb
swim2 noun
swimswim2 ●●○ noun [countable]
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1a period of time that you spend swimming: Let’s go for a swim.2in the swim (of things) informal knowing about and involved in what is happening in a particular situation
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swim
[swɪm]swam, swum, swimming, swims
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swam[2207] swimming[17578] swims[1119] swum[285]
游泳(100%)
n.游泳;漂浮;眩晕
adj.游泳时穿戴的
vi.游泳;漂浮;浸;眩晕
vt.游过;使浮起
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