swim
英 [sw?m]
美[sw?m]
- vi. 游泳；漂浮；浸；眩暈
- vt. 游過(guò)；使浮起
- n. 游泳；漂浮；眩暈
- adj. 游泳時(shí)穿戴的
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?swims;過(guò)去式:?swam;過(guò)去分詞:?swum;現(xiàn)在分詞:?swimming;
中文詞源
swim 游泳
來(lái)自古英語(yǔ) swimman,游泳，來(lái)自 Proto-Germanic*swimjan,游泳，來(lái)自 PIE*swem,移動(dòng)，運(yùn)動(dòng)， 可能來(lái)自 PIE*swei,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，搖擺，詞源同 swing,sweep.
英文詞源
- swim
- swim: [OE] Together with German schwimmen, Dutch zwemmen, Swedish simma, and Danish sv?mme, swim goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *swemjan, a derivative of the same base as produced Old Norse sund ‘swimming’ (source of English sound ‘channel, strait’). A link with Welsh chwyfio ‘stir, wave, brandish’ has been suggested.
=> sound - swim (v.)
- Old English swimman "to move in or on the water, float" (class III strong verb; past tense swamm, past participle swummen), from Proto-Germanic *swimjan (cognates: Old Saxon and Old High German swimman, Old Norse svimma, Dutch zwemmen, German schwimmen), from PIE root *swem- "to be in motion."
The root is sometimes said to be restricted to Germanic, but according to OED possible cognates are Welsh chwyf "motion," Old Irish do-sennaim "I hunt," Lithuanian sundyti "to chase." For the usual Indo-European word, see natatorium. Transitive sense of "cross by swimming" is from 1590s. Sense of "reel or move unsteadily" first recorded 1670s; of the head or brain, from 1702. Figurative phrase sink or swim is attested from mid-15c., in early use often with reference to ordeals of suspected witches. - swim (n.)
- 1540s, "the clear part of any liquid" (above the sediment), from swim (v.). Meaning "part of a river or stream frequented by fish" (and hence fishermen) is from 1828, and is probably the source of the figurative meaning "the current of the latest affairs or events" (as in in the swim "on the inside, involved with current events," 1869). Meaning "act of swimming" is from 1764.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream.
- 這些障礙物對(duì)于想要往上游游動(dòng)的魚兒來(lái)說(shuō)是致命的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Should our children be taught to swim at school?
- 我們的孩子應(yīng)該在學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)游泳嗎？
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. All of the passengers started the day with a swim.
- 所有的乘客那天一開始就先游了個(gè)泳。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. There'll be ample opportunity to relax, swim and soak up some sun.
- 將會(huì)有充足的機(jī)會(huì)去放松、游泳和曬太陽(yáng)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. I never learned to swim and neither did they.
- 我從沒學(xué)過(guò)游泳，他們也沒有。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句