| 正面 | 6723.swift 英 [swɪft]美 [swɪft]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. sweep => swift.2. 表现的是一种“秋风扫落叶”般的快速、迅速、敏捷。3. 一扫而光。n. 褐雨燕adj. 快的；迅速的；敏捷的；立刻的adv. 迅速地n. (Swift)人名；(英)斯威夫特 例句： 1. He is very sharp, a quick thinker and swift with repartee.他非常机敏，反应很快，并且能说会道。 swift 迅速的，敏捷的来自古英语 swift,快速的，来自 Proto-Germanic*swiftaz,快速的，来自 PIE*sweip,缠绕，弯曲， 来自 PIE*swei,弯，转，摇摆，词源同 swing,sweep.引申诸相关词义。 swiftswift: [OE] The etymological meaning of swift appears to be ‘moving along a course’; ‘speed’ is a secondary development. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *swei- ‘swing, bend’, which also produced English sweep, swivel [14], and the long defunct swive ‘copulate with’ (a descendant of Old English swīfan ‘move in a course’). Its use as a name for the fast-flying swallow-like bird dates from the 17th century.=> sweep, swivelswift (adj.)Old English swift "moving quickly," perhaps originally "turning quickly," from Proto-Germanic swip- (see swivel (n.)). Related: Swiftly; swiftness.swift (n.)type of bird (several species of the family Cypselidæ, resembling swallows), 1660s, from swift (adj.) in reference to its swift flight. Regarded as a bird of ill-omen, if not downright demonic, probably for its shrill cry. The name earlier had been given to several small fast lizards (1520s)." |