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单词 swish
释义 swish
I. \ˈswish\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: imitative
intransitive verb
: to move, pass, swing, or whirl with the sound of a swish : make the sound of a swish
 < swished before me in a tight dress — Raymond Chandler >
 < could hear cars swishing past on the main road — Elizabeth Taylor >
 < windshield wipers swishing — John McCarten >
transitive verb
1. : to move, pass, swing, or agitate with or as if with the sound of a swish : whisk
 < the saddled horse swishing its tail — James Courage >
 < sipping water and swishing it about in the mouth — F.A.Geldard >
2. : to cut or remove with or as if with a swish — used with off
 < swish off the tops of weeds with a sickle >
3. : to strike or lash with a swish : flog
II. noun
(-es)
Etymology: imitative
1. also swish-swish \ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\
 a. : a prolonged hissing sound (as produced by a whip rapidly cutting the air)
  < the slow, steady swish of scythes — S.H.Holbrook >
  < a far-off swish of surf — S.E.Morison >
  < swish of tires — William Faulkner >
  < poplars swayed and tossed with a roaring swish — Harvey Breit >
 b. : a light sweeping or brushing sound (as of a long or full silk skirt in motion)
  < the swish of drawing paper being unrolled — Angus McGugan >
  < the swish of a mop — Virginia Woolf >
2. : a movement accompanied by the sound of a swish
 < tails swung rhythmically except for occasional sudden swishes at flies — Elizabeth Janeway >
3. : a flogging birch or cane : switch
 < smarting under recent applications of the swish — George Meredith >
4. [swish (V) ] : smartness, fashionableness
5. [swish (I); from his effeminate gait and gestures] slang : homosexual; especially : a male homosexual
III. adverb
Etymology: imitative
: with a swish
 < one day when the foliage all went swish with autumn — Robert Frost >
IV. noun
(-es)
Etymology: origin unknown
: sun-dried earth used in West Africa as a building material
V. adjective
Etymology: English dialect, of unknown origin
: smart, fashionable
 < a swish gown >
 < a swish automobile >
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