swing

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act, or an instance, of swinging. countable,uncountable
    — For a time he kept to the ground, but finally, discovering no spoor indicative of nearby meat, he took to the trees. With the first dizzy swing from tree to tree all the old joy of living swept over him. Vain regrets and dull heartache were forgotten. Now was he living. Now, indeed, was the true happiness of perfect freedom his.
  2. The manner in which something is swung. countable,uncountable
    — He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.
  3. The sweep or compass of a swinging body. countable,uncountable
  4. A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing. countable,uncountable
  5. A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing. countable,uncountable
    — To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
  6. An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop. countable,uncountable
  7. The genre of music associated with this dance style. countable,uncountable
    — It makes no diff'rence / if it's sweet or hot. / Just give that rhythm / ev'rything you've got! / It don't mean a thing / if it ain't got that swing.
  8. The amount of change towards or away from something. countable,uncountable
    — Miss Pole came round with a swing to as vehement a belief in the sorrowful tale as she had been sceptical before […]
  9. The amount of change towards or away from something.; In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party. countable,uncountable
    — The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.
  10. Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air. countable,uncountable
  11. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it. countable,uncountable
  12. In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles. countable,uncountable
    — I started as a swing. I mostly played Joanne and Mrs. Jefferson, the “Seasons of Love” soloist. I closed it out. So I was there for about the last four or five years.
  13. A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle. countable,uncountable
  14. The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction. countable,uncountable
    — Jesus' finishing has been one of the main concerns - since the start of last season the 23-year-old has underperformed his Premier League expected goals tally by 6.97goals ^([sic]) (in short, he has scored seven fewer goals than would be expected from the chances presented to him). In contrast, Haaland is overperforming by 6.83 goals since joining Dortmund, which is almost a 14-goal swing between the pair.
  15. Free course; unrestrained liberty. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Take thy swing.
  16. Influence or power of anything put in motion. countable,uncountable
  17. A type of hook with the arm more extended. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. intransitive
    — The plant swung in the breeze.
  2. To dance. intransitive
  3. To ride on a swing. intransitive
    — The children laughed as they swung.
  4. To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping. intransitive
    — We find it difficult to meet couples our age, and often swing with single, straight men. We have rules: no married guys cheating on their wives, no one too young or too old, and no one who supports Trump.
  5. To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished. intransitive
    — “It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!” Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts.
  6. To move sideways in its trajectory. intransitive
  7. (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory. transitive
  8. To fluctuate or change. intransitive
    — It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.
  9. To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave. transitive
    — He swung his sword as hard as he could.
  10. To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election. transitive
  11. To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially. slang,transitive
    — If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.
  12. To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm. transitive
  13. To move one's arm in a punching motion. intransitive,transitive
  14. In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms. transitive
    — "to swing one's partner", or simply "to swing"
  15. To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe. transitive
    — The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
  16. To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn. transitive
  17. To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
    — A ship swings with the tide.
  18. To turn in a different direction.
    — Soon after departure, we cross the invisible border into Scotland to enjoy more stunning coastal scenery, before the line finally swings inland at Burnmouth to traverse pine-clad valleys, shadowed by the A1 trunk road until we rejoin the coast at Cove, east of Dunbar.
  19. To be sexually oriented.
    — swing both ways

词形变化

swings present,singular,third-person swinging participle,present swung past swang archaic,dialectal,past swung participle,past swang archaic,dialectal,participle,past swungen archaic,participle,past swings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English swyngen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą (compare Low German swingen, German schwingen, Dutch zwingen, Swedish svinga), from Proto-Indo-European *swenk-, *sweng- (compare Scottish Gaelic seang (“thin”)). Related to swink.
词源 2
From Middle English swyngen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą (compare Low German swingen, German schwingen, Dutch zwingen, Swedish svinga), from Proto-Indo-European *swenk-, *sweng- (compare Scottish Gaelic seang (“thin”)). Related to swink.
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