| 单词 | sway |
| 释义 | sway (once / 241 pages) vn Back and forth...back and forth...back and forth...are you sea-sick yet? The sway, or rocking motion, of a boat is too much for many stomachs. People can sway if they're dizzy, tilting from side to side as they walk. On a windy day you can see trees swaying and bending in the wind. Swaying is usually a gentle motion, but if you're easily swayed, you're in trouble. That means you're easily influenced by others. People of power often "hold sway" over their followers, controlling them with the seeming ease of the breeze. WORD FAMILYsway: swayed, swayer, swaying, sways+/swayed: unswayed/swayer: swayers USAGE EXAMPLESA motor causes the thin, upright metal rods of Mike Shaffer’s “Ocean Motion” to jiggle and sway. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Obama suggested he still holds enough sway over the coalition of voters that elected him twice to get them to vote for him once again. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Perhaps just as important, the old warlord’s sway over hundreds of thousands of ethnic Uzbeks in the north may be weakening. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) 1v move back and forth or sideways the tall building swayed Syn|Hypo|Hyper rock, shake rock cause to move back and forth roll move, rock, or sway from side to side nutaterock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily swagsway heavily or unsteadily tottermove without being stable, as if threatening to fall move back and forth move in one direction and then into the opposite direction 2v move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner Syn|Hypo|Hyper swing waver, weave sway to and fro lashlash or flick about sharply oscillate, vibratemove or swing from side to side regularly brachiateswing from one hold to the next huntoscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent libratevibrate before coming to a total rest move back and forth move in one direction and then into the opposite direction 3v win approval or support for His speech did not sway the voters Syn|Hyper carry, persuade carry win in an election act upon, influence, work have and exert influence or effect 4v cause to move back and forth the wind swayed the trees gently Syn|Hyper rock rock, shake move back and forth or sideways displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 5n pitching dangerously to one side Syn|Hyper careen, rock, tilt lurch, pitch, pitching abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) 6n controlling influence Hyper power, powerfulness possession of controlling influence |
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