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单词 swat
释义
swatswat /swɒt $ swɑːt/ verb (past tense and past participle swatted, present participle swatting) [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINswat
Origin:
1600-1700 squat in its original meaning ‘to crush’ (13-19 centuries)
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
swat
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyswat
he, she, itswats
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyswatted
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave swatted
he, she, ithas swatted
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad swatted
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill swat
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have swatted
Continuous Form
PresentIam swatting
he, she, itis swatting
you, we, theyare swatting
PastI, he, she, itwas swatting
you, we, theywere swatting
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been swatting
he, she, ithas been swatting
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been swatting
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be swatting
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been swatting
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Be careful when she swats at a fly or a spider, she may swat you by mistake.
  • But just as the buzzer sounds, an impossibly tall defender leaps and swats aside your shot.
  • Doleman wrapped him up with his left hand and swatted the ball loose with his right hand.
  • I wait until it fills itself and then I swat it, the blood splashing over my hand.
  • It was a pleasant place, with high ceilings where fans swatted the air.
  • Then he swatted himself across the nose with the 400, and walked out jauntily.
  • Then my father would light a candle and we would all swat, stamp and squash as many as we could.
  • They come along with something sharp and heavy and they swat you with it.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· He had dismissed her from his mind as he would swat away a troublesome fly.
to hit an insect in order to kill it:  He calmly swatted a couple of flies.swat noun [countable]
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