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单词 swan dive
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Definition of swan dive in English:

swan dive

noun
  • A dive performed with one's arms outspread until close to the water.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If no one is looking, do a couple of swan dives and you might just, as London hoped, start feeling pretty darn happy.
    • The plane begins it's swan dive, and everyone says their goodbyes.
    • Why don't you show me this bridge where swan dives are preformed.
    • A few minutes later, Jaaru cannonballed into the waves not far from them, while Elisa landed in an oddly elegant swan dive.
    • I did a backward swan dive, because I didn't want to see anything, at least not all the way down.
    • His swan dive at the end underlined his comeback and his confidence in the shoulder.
    • True, Vijay's win at last week's Sony Open in Hawaii was opportunistic, largely the product of Shigeki Maruyama's inexplicable Sunday swan dive.
    • The ball then took a graceful swan dive into the hole to give Joe a hole-in-one and the Classroom Caners a well-earned eagle.
    • She ran straight down the deck between the cats and executed a perfect swan dive off the bow, down and out of sight.
    • It looked like The Tazmanian Devil had touched down in the salad greens and then took a swan dive into the mushroom sauce.
    • To do the Mountain Pose with Prayer Hands, inhale as you reverse your swan dive, lifting your hands all the way up over your head.
    • Then, she ran forward and gracefully launched herself into a swan dive.
    • She felt as if she just took a seven story swan dive out of a window and the cut on her forehead pulsed with white hot pain.
    • Chessa did a perfect swan dive off the diving board into rippling water below her.
    • In Tom's World, it's always better to try a swan dive and deliver a colossal belly flop than to step timidly off the board while holding your nose.
    • I feel like a crazed kid at a concert who has, in a moment of sheer insanity, jumped off the stage in a grand, sweeping swan dive.
    • They both dived over the railing in magnificent, parabolic swan dives befitting Olympic champion divers.
    • Phoebe made a beeline for Jess's bedroom, doing a low swan dive onto the bed.
    • In his haste, he bumped the table and while the bottle of Roederer avoided a swan dive from that height, it fell over.
    • His board flew from underneath him, causing a great swan dive onto the table right in front of LeeAnne.
verb
[no object]swan-dive
  • Perform a swan dive.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the film Mermaid, she's regally rising from an spurting tower of spray, swan-diving through multicolored fogs, and suggestively slithering into a giant clamshell in a huge fish tank.
    • Mary had swan-dived right in, her body cutting the water sharply.
    • It's greatest effect was on the acquaintance who was there to watch over and make sure I didn't swan-dive into the fire.
    • We were all scared when those planes swan-dived into the towers.
    • Were it within Blair's gift to serve up the fall of western civilisation on a plate, I might now be debating which bridge I'd prefer to swan-dive off, Blackfriars or Hammersmith.
    • They are easy to find at their shows because they are the throng moshing and swan-diving down the front.
    • You want me to run until I get to a cliff, swan dive off that cliff and then swim a mile to a boat then fly to some far off island?
    • I see him swan-diving from the rail of the Staten Island Ferry late Saturday night when he disappeared, rounding Sandy Hook by dawn, and turning south for Cape Horn.
    • Of course, she then snorts some coke and swan dives off a 20th floor balcony, but then this isn't a porn movie.
    • And then, of course, she cuts his rope and he barely escapes being crushed but swan dives into a nearby river.
    • Such ‘everyman-outsiders’ are the perfect candidates for Murakami's headlong swan-dives into the gaps between the expected and the possible.
    • Leonard swan-dives into the lake, only to find it's freezing cold.
    • You stand on the top, take a photograph of Manhattan, spread out below you, then swan-dive into midair.
    • For the Mets and their unfortunate loyalists, the 2003 season has swan-dived into a yearlong anniversary celebration of the 1993 team.
 
 

Definition of swan dive in US English:

swan dive

nounˈswän ˌdīvˈswɑn ˌdaɪv
  • A dive performed with one's arms outspread until close to the water.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She ran straight down the deck between the cats and executed a perfect swan dive off the bow, down and out of sight.
    • The ball then took a graceful swan dive into the hole to give Joe a hole-in-one and the Classroom Caners a well-earned eagle.
    • In his haste, he bumped the table and while the bottle of Roederer avoided a swan dive from that height, it fell over.
    • Phoebe made a beeline for Jess's bedroom, doing a low swan dive onto the bed.
    • To do the Mountain Pose with Prayer Hands, inhale as you reverse your swan dive, lifting your hands all the way up over your head.
    • A few minutes later, Jaaru cannonballed into the waves not far from them, while Elisa landed in an oddly elegant swan dive.
    • The plane begins it's swan dive, and everyone says their goodbyes.
    • True, Vijay's win at last week's Sony Open in Hawaii was opportunistic, largely the product of Shigeki Maruyama's inexplicable Sunday swan dive.
    • I feel like a crazed kid at a concert who has, in a moment of sheer insanity, jumped off the stage in a grand, sweeping swan dive.
    • I did a backward swan dive, because I didn't want to see anything, at least not all the way down.
    • They both dived over the railing in magnificent, parabolic swan dives befitting Olympic champion divers.
    • His board flew from underneath him, causing a great swan dive onto the table right in front of LeeAnne.
    • In Tom's World, it's always better to try a swan dive and deliver a colossal belly flop than to step timidly off the board while holding your nose.
    • Why don't you show me this bridge where swan dives are preformed.
    • It looked like The Tazmanian Devil had touched down in the salad greens and then took a swan dive into the mushroom sauce.
    • Chessa did a perfect swan dive off the diving board into rippling water below her.
    • If no one is looking, do a couple of swan dives and you might just, as London hoped, start feeling pretty darn happy.
    • His swan dive at the end underlined his comeback and his confidence in the shoulder.
    • She felt as if she just took a seven story swan dive out of a window and the cut on her forehead pulsed with white hot pain.
    • Then, she ran forward and gracefully launched herself into a swan dive.
verbˈswän ˌdīvˈswɑn ˌdaɪv
[no object]swan-dive
  • Perform a swan drive.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Were it within Blair's gift to serve up the fall of western civilisation on a plate, I might now be debating which bridge I'd prefer to swan-dive off, Blackfriars or Hammersmith.
    • Of course, she then snorts some coke and swan dives off a 20th floor balcony, but then this isn't a porn movie.
    • I see him swan-diving from the rail of the Staten Island Ferry late Saturday night when he disappeared, rounding Sandy Hook by dawn, and turning south for Cape Horn.
    • You want me to run until I get to a cliff, swan dive off that cliff and then swim a mile to a boat then fly to some far off island?
    • For the Mets and their unfortunate loyalists, the 2003 season has swan-dived into a yearlong anniversary celebration of the 1993 team.
    • Leonard swan-dives into the lake, only to find it's freezing cold.
    • Such ‘everyman-outsiders’ are the perfect candidates for Murakami's headlong swan-dives into the gaps between the expected and the possible.
    • They are easy to find at their shows because they are the throng moshing and swan-diving down the front.
    • Mary had swan-dived right in, her body cutting the water sharply.
    • You stand on the top, take a photograph of Manhattan, spread out below you, then swan-dive into midair.
    • We were all scared when those planes swan-dived into the towers.
    • In the film Mermaid, she's regally rising from an spurting tower of spray, swan-diving through multicolored fogs, and suggestively slithering into a giant clamshell in a huge fish tank.
    • It's greatest effect was on the acquaintance who was there to watch over and make sure I didn't swan-dive into the fire.
    • And then, of course, she cuts his rope and he barely escapes being crushed but swan dives into a nearby river.
 
 
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