| 单词 | swim |
| 释义 | swim (swɪm ) Word forms: swims , swimming , swam , swum 1. verb A1 When you swim, you move through water by making movements with your arms and legs. She learned to swim when she was really tiny. [VERB] I went round to Jonathan's to see if he wanted to go swimming. [VERB] He was rescued only when an exhausted friend swam ashore. [VERB adverb/preposition] I swim a mile a day. [V amount/n] Swim is also a noun. When can we go for a swim, Mam? 2. verb A2 If you swim a race, you take part in a swimming race. She swam the 200 metres semi-finals and came second. [VERB noun] 3. verb A2 If you swim a stretch of water, you keep swimming until you have crossed it. In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel. [VERB noun] 4. verb A1 When a fish swims, it moves through water by moving its body. The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream. [VERB adverb/preposition] 5. verb If objects swim, they seem to be moving backwards and forwards, usually because you are ill. Alexis suddenly could take no more: he felt too hot, he couldn't breathe, the room swam. [VERB] 6. verb If your head is swimming, you feel unsteady and slightly ill. The musty aroma of incense made her head swim. [VERB] Synonyms: reel, spin, swirl, revolve 7. verb [only cont] B2 If something is swimming in liquid or is swimming with liquid, it is surrounded by and covered with it. He polished off a large steak and broccoli swimming in thick sauce. [V in/with n] 8. sink or swim phrase If you say that someone will have to sink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail. The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms to sink or swim too quickly. It was very much sink or swim. Idioms: leave someone to sink or swim to leave someone to do something on their own, with their success or failure depending entirely on their own efforts or abilities The sad part is that many of these wounded soldiers have been left to sink or swim on their own after serving their country. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers swim against the tide to do or say something which is the opposite of what most other people are doing or saying Adenauer generally appeared to be swimming against the tide in international politics. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: daily swim Despite the weather, he planned to drive down the mountain for his daily swim at one of the narrow, rocky beaches. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Average daily swim: two miles. Times, Sunday Times Without a moment's hesitation the 77-year-old former miner, who kept fit by going for a daily swim, leapt out of his car and ran to her assistance. Times, Sunday Times Daily swims cover about 4km. Times, Sunday Times Here he would go for work and quiet contemplation, taking daily swims on the beach outside the house. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He swam underwater to a police boat riding at anchor. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Soon you'll be able to hold your breath and swim underwater for hours. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Meanwhile, pelicans are shedding light on how to give flying drones the capacity to splash down and swim underwater. Smithsonian Mag (2017) Every year, millions of them - chinook, sockeye, pink, coho and chum - swim upstream from the sea to spawn. Times, Sunday Times (2008) So the dream of swimming would echo the dream that salmon have, of swimming upstream to find spawning grounds and multiply. Times, Sunday Times (2008) How often has this happened to me, swimming upstream against the wisdom of crowds? Times, Sunday Times (2011) NOW I know how a salmon feels swimming upstream against the current. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Translations: Chinese: 游泳 Japanese: 泳ぐ |
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