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单词 swoosh
释义 swoosh
I. \ˈswu̇sh\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: imitative
intransitive verb
1. : to make a rushing sound
 < something swooshed, and six sprinklers sent up watery bouquets — Ellery Queen >
2.
 a. : to move with a rushing or rustling sound
  < a car swooshed by … in a sucking swirl of dust — Gordon Woodward >
  < his date swooshed down the stairway in a taffeta evening gown >
 b. : to gush out : eddy, swirl
  < water swooshing from the town pump — Willie S. Ethridge >
  < the swooshing cloud of powder shown at right — Life >
transitive verb
: to discharge or transport with a rushing sound
 < the experimental rocket ship … expected to swoosh a man into space — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
II. noun
(-es)
1. : an act or instance of swooshing : gush
 < spectacular flashes and swooshes from the new weapons — Newsweek >
 < skirt fullness is concentrated in a swoosh at the back — Women's Wear Daily >
specifically : a rushing sound
 < multiple jet engines audible as a sibilant swoosh … gone almost as quickly as the planes themselves — H.E.Salisbury >
2. : a swift movement accompanied by a rushing sound
 < first jet airliner to span the North Atlantic in a nonstop swoosh — Frederick Graham >
 < whipped out a razor and made a violent swoosh in the neighborhood of the other's neck — Alan Barth >
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