英语词汇“swag”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	swag
释义	swag I. \ˈswag, -aa(ə)g, -aig\ verb (swagged ; swagged ; swagging ; swags) Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian svaga to sway, svagga to walk unsteadily, Old Norse sveggja to cause to sway, veer, swag; akin to Middle Low German swacken to rock, reel, Old High German swingan to swing — more at swing *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to sway heavily or unsteadily < their shutters swag — Joseph Mitchell > b. : to swing or tip out of line : lurch, tilt VI < a sudden crosscurrent caused the ship to swag > < trees swagging from constant strong winds > c. : to waver in making a decision : vacillate 2. : to hang heavily from or as if from weight : droop, sag < his heavy sensual face swagged — W.J.Locke > < the moon swagged in the air — Allen Tate > *transitive verb* 1. : to cause to sway or lurch < swagged the rowboat until it capsized > 2. : to cause to sag < the snow was starting to swag down the old roof > 3. a. : to adorn (as clothing) with swags < a taffeta skirt blows out below the swagged hipline — Harper's Bazaar > b. : to arrange (as drapery) with swags < the swagged plush curtains — Marcia Davenport > II. noun (-s) 1. obsolete : a blustering person 2. : an irregular swaying movement : lurch < yawed to the deep inner swag of the river — R.P.Warren > 3. : a heavy fall : thud 4. a. : a representation (as of urns or fruit or draperies) used to decorate furniture, walls, pewter, or brass : festoon < the carven swags of Renaissance decoration — Britain Today > b. : a suspended cluster (as of branches or flowers) < great swags of lilac and laburnum spill over ancient, weathered walls — advt > < decking his premises … with swags of mammoth royal-purple ermine tails — Mollie Panter-Downes > especially : a cluster of evergreen branches arranged as a decoration for a doorway and used especially at Christmas < a pine swag … trimmed with kumquats and bells — Frederic Morley > c. (1) : a decorative drapery that is fastened at two points so that the middle hangs in crescent-shaped folds — compare valance (2) : a decorative draped fold (as on a dress) < dramatic swags of draping marking the slim skirt — advt > d. : something resembling such a swag especially in curved outline < our rocks stand midway between two swags of this uneven high-water line — Peter Mayne > 5. a. : goods acquired by unlawful means : booty, loot < the swag from this and other forms of graft — F.L.Allen > b. : valuable articles or goods < will find the equitable division of the swag … a problem — Horace Sutton > c. : money, lucre < any listener who may lose out on swag being offered by another network — Saul Carson > 6. : a large quantity or amount < watched them putting away great swags and wedges … of starch — Elizabeth Taylor > < spent a big swag of ratepayers' money — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > 7. : a depression in the earth often filled with water < two brothers … were drowned while bathing in an old colliery swag — Pall Mall Gazette > 8. chiefly Australia : a pack of personal belongings carried especially by a swagman III. adjective : sagging, lax < men with swag watch chains — H.E.Bates > < an unsuccessful poet, swag in mind as in belly — Christopher Morley >
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