swing
v. 使摆动; 纵身跃向; (使)弧线运动,转弯; 急转身; 朝…打去; 改变
n. 摆动; 秋千; 摇摆乐; 改变; 巡回
If something swings or if you swing it, it moves repeatedly backwards and forwards or from side to side from a fixed point.
The sail of the little boat swung crazily from one side to the other...
小船的帆猛烈地左右摇摆着。
She was swinging a bottle of wine by its neck...
她正握着瓶颈摇晃一瓶葡萄酒。
If something swings in a particular direction or if you swing it in that direction, it moves in that direction with a smooth, curving movement.
The torchlight swung across the little beach and out over the water, searching...
手电筒的光在小海滩上扫过,而后照向水面搜索着。
The canoe found the current and swung around...
独木舟遇上急流后直打转。
If a vehicle swings in a particular direction, or if the driver swings it in a particular direction, they turn suddenly in that direction.
Joanna swung back on to the main approach and headed for the airport...
乔安娜猛地调转车头回到主路上,朝机场开去。
The tyres dug into the grit as he swung the car off the road.
当他一个急转弯把车驶离马路时,轮胎陷进了沙子里。
If someone swings around, they turn around quickly, usually because they are surprised.
She swung around to him, spilling her tea without noticing it.
她一下子转身面向他,茶水溅了出来都没注意到。
If you swing at a person or thing, you try to hit them with your arm or with something that you are holding.
Blanche swung at her but she moved her head back and Blanche missed...
布兰奇挥手朝她打去,但她头向后一闪,布兰奇没有打到。
I picked up his baseball bat and swung at the man's head.
我捡起他的棒球棒朝那个人的头打去。
A swing is a seat hanging by two ropes or chains from a metal frame or from the branch of a tree. You can sit on the seat and move forwards and backwards through the air.
Swing is a style of jazz dance music that was popular in the 1930's. It was played by big bands.
A swing in people's opinions, attitudes, or feelings is a change in them, especially a sudden or big change.
There was a massive twenty per cent swing away from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats...
出现了一个巨大转变:多达20%的人由支持保守党转而支持自由民主党。
Educational practice is liable to sudden swings and changes...
教学实践中经常会出现突然的变化与改革。
If people's opinions, attitudes, or feelings swing, they change, especially in a sudden or extreme way.
In two years' time there is a presidential election, and the voters could swing again...
总统选举在两年后举行,届时选民们可能会再次倒向另一方。
The mood amongst Tory MPs seems to be swinging away from their leader.
保守党议员似乎正在疏远他们的领袖。
If someone such as a politician makes a swing through a particular country or area, they go on a quick trip through it, visiting a number of different places.
...a campaign swing through South Dakota and Texas.
在南达科他州和得克萨斯州的巡回竞选活动
If something is in full swing, it is operating fully and is no longer in its early stages.
When we returned, the party was in full swing and the dance floor was crowded...
我们回来时,聚会已进入高潮,舞池里挤满了人。
The international rugby season is in full swing.
国际橄榄球赛季正如火如荼地进行着。
If you get into the swing of something, you become very involved in it and enjoy what you are doing.
Everyone understood how hard it was to get back into the swing of things after such a long absence.
每个人都知道这么长时间不在,再重新完全融入进来有多难。
If you say that something is going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
Sara Lewis' impressive recipes are guaranteed to make the party go with a swing.
萨拉·刘易斯令人赞不绝口的食谱一定能使聚会的气氛热烈非凡。
If you say that a situation is swings and roundabouts, you mean that there are as many gains as there are losses.
1. a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity;
2. mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
3. a sweeping blow or stroke;
4. changing location by moving back and forth
5. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
6. a jaunty rhythm in music
7. the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
8. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball;
9. a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
1. move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting;
2. move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner;
3. change direction with a swinging motion; turn;
4. influence decisively;
5. make a big sweeping gesture or movement
6. hang freely;
7. hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement;
8. alternate dramatically between high and low values;
9. live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style;
10. have a certain musical rhythm;
11. be a social swinger; socialize a lot
12. play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
13. engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends;
rock, sway, swing
这些动词均含"摇动"之意。
get (back) into the swing of things
(非正式)对活动(或程序)开始(或重新)熟悉
go with a swing
(非正式)(聚会或其他事件)生动活泼的,令人愉快的
swing the lead
(英,非正式)装病;逃避责任
swings and roundabouts
(英)有所得也有所失的情况;失之东隅,收之桑榆
swing into action
迅速行动(或运行)
in full swing
处于活动或运作的最高水准
Don't swing at the ball; take carefully aim.
不要只是猛劲儿地去打那球, 要打得准.
The girl's pigtails swing to and fro as she runs.
小女孩一跑,辫子就来回甩动.
When your father comes home, you'll swing for it!
等你爸爸回来, 你会为这事受惩罚的.
You'll swing for this.
你会因此而被绞死的.
He shouldered the loaded carrying pole and walked off with a swing.
他挑起担子颤悠颤悠地走了.