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单词 in full swing
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full1 /fŭl/

adjective (fullˈer; fullˈest)
  1. Holding all that can be contained
  2. Having no empty space
  3. Replete
  4. Abundantly supplied or furnished
  5. Abounding
  6. Copious
  7. Filling
  8. Containing the whole matter
  9. Complete
  10. Perfect
  11. Maximum
  12. Strong
  13. Clear
  14. Intense
  15. Swelled or rounded
  16. Protuberant
  17. Having an excess of material
  18. At the height of development or end of course
  19. (with of) unable to think or talk of anything but
  20. Drunk (informal)
noun
  1. The completest extent, eg of the moon
  2. The highest degree
  3. The whole
  4. The time of full moon
transitive verb

To make with gathers or puckers

intransitive verb

To become full

adverb
  1. Quite
  2. Thoroughly or truly
  3. Directly
ORIGIN: OE full; Gothic fulls, ON fullr, Ger voll

fullˈish adjective

Inclined to fullness

fullˈness or fulˈness noun

  1. The state of being full
  2. The moment of fulfilment
  3. Plenty or wealth (Shakespeare)

fullˈy adverb

  1. Completely
  2. Entirely
  3. Quite

fullˈ-aˈcorned adjective (Shakespeare)

Full-fed with acorns

fullˈ-aged adjective

Having reached majority

full back noun

  1. In various sports, a player positioned towards the back of the field, usu with a defensive role
  2. See also back1

full beam noun

The strongest, undipped, setting of a vehicle's headlights

full blast noun

Full operation

fullˈ-blastˈ adverb

With maximum energy and fluency

fullˈ-blood noun

An individual of unmixed descent

fullˈ-bloodˈed adjective

  1. Having a full supply of blood
  2. Vigorous, using maximum force or energy
  3. Thoroughbred or of unmixed descent
  4. Related through both parents

fullˈ-blown adjective

  1. Fully expanded, as a flower
  2. Beyond the first freshness of youth
  3. Fully qualified, developed or admitted
  4. Puffed out to fullness

full board noun

(in hotels, etc) the providing of bed and all meals

fullˈ-bodˈied adjective

With much body, flavour or substance

fullˈ-bore adjective

(of a firearm) of larger calibre than small-bore

fullˈ-bottom noun

A full-bottomed wig

fullˈ-bottˈomed adjective

Having a full or large bottom, eg of a wig

fullˈ-bound adjective (bookbinding)

With the boards covered as well as the back

full brother or full sister noun

A son or daughter of the same parents as another

fullˈ-charged adjective

Fully loaded (lit and figurative)

fullˈ-cirˈcle adverb

  1. Round in a complete revolution
  2. So as to return to an original position, state, etc

fullˈ-cockˈ noun

The position of a gun cock drawn fully back, or of a tap fully open

adverb

In that position

fullˈ-cockedˈ adjective

full-court press noun

  1. The aggressive tactic of confronting opponents in all areas of the court rather than only in one's own defensive area (basketball)
  2. Maximum effort (US inf)

full cousin noun

The son or daughter of an uncle or aunt, a first cousin

fullˈ-creamˈ adjective

  1. (of milk) not skimmed
  2. Made with unskimmed milk

fullˈ-dress adjective

In or requiring the dress (full dress) worn on occasions of state or ceremony

full-dress debate noun

A set debate of some importance in which the leaders take part

fullˈ-eyed adjective

With large prominent eyes

fullˈ-face or fullˈ-faced adjective

  1. Facing straight towards the viewer
  2. Having a full or broad face
  3. (of type) boldfaced

full-fashioned see fully-fashioned below.

fullˈ-fed adjective

Fed to plumpness or satiety

full-fledged see fully-fledged below.

fullˈ-fraught adjective (Shakespeare)

Fully charged, equipped or endowed, all-round

fullˈ-frontˈal adjective

  1. Of the front view of a completely naked man or woman (also fullˈ-frontˈ)
  2. With no detail left unrevealed (figurative)
  3. Unrestrained (figurative)

noun

Such a view or picture

fullˈ-grown adjective

Grown to full size

full hand see full house below.

fullˈ-handˈed adjective

Bearing something valuable, eg a gift

fullˈ-heartˈed adjective

  1. Full of heart or courage
  2. Fraught with emotion

fullˈ-hot adjective (Shakespeare)

Heated to the utmost

full house noun

  1. A performance at which every seat is taken (theatre)
  2. (also full hand) three cards of a kind and a pair (poker)
  3. (in bingo) all the numbers needed to win
  4. A complete set (of anything)

fullˈ-lengthˈ adjective

Extending the whole length

noun

A portrait showing the whole length of a person

adverb

Stretched to the full extent

fullˈ-manned adjective (Shakespeare)

Having a full crew

full marks plural noun

The maximum marks possible in an examination (also used as an expression of approval)

full moon noun

  1. The moon with its whole disc illuminated, when opposite the sun
  2. The time when the moon is full

full motion video (also full-motion video) noun

A system that provides moving video images and sound on a computer, used in computer games, video playback, etc

fullˈ-mouthed adjective (archaic)

  1. Having a full set of teeth
  2. Having food in plenty
  3. Loud
  4. Sonorous

full nelson noun

A type of wrestling hold, a nelson

fullˈ-on adjective (informal)

  1. Out-and-out
  2. Explicit, blatant, aggressive

fullˈ-orbed adjective (archaic)

  1. Having the orb or disc fully illuminated, as the full moon
  2. Round

full organ noun

The organ, or great organ, with all or most of the stops in use

fullˈ-out adjective

  1. At full power
  2. Total

fullˈ-page adjective

Occupying a whole page

fullˈ-peltˈ, fullˈ-speedˈ, fullˈ-splitˈ or full-tiltˈ adverb

With highest speed and impetus

full pitch or full toss noun (cricket)

A ball which does not or would not bounce before passing or hitting the batsman's wicket

full point same as full stop below.

fullˈ-riggedˈ adjective

Having three or more masts square-rigged

fullˈ-sailed adjective

  1. Having all sails set
  2. Having sails filled with wind
  3. Advancing with speed and momentum

fullˈ-scale adjective

  1. Of the same size as the original
  2. Involving full power or maximum effort

full score noun

A complete musical score with a staff or line for every part

full service history noun

The complete details of repairs and servicing done to a vehicle from new (abbrev FSH or fsh)

full sister see full brother above.

full-speed, full-split see full-pelt above.

full stop noun

  1. A point marking the end of a sentence
  2. An end or halt

fullˈ-summed adjective (archaic)

Complete in all its parts

fullˈ-throatˈed or fullˈ-voiced adjective

Singing, etc with the whole power of the voice

full-tilt see full-pelt above.

full time noun

The end of a football, rugby, etc match

fullˈ-time adjective

Occupied during or extending over the whole working day, week, etc

fullˈ-timˈer noun

full toss see full pitch above.

full-voiced see full-throated above.

fullˈ-winged adjective (Shakespeare)

Having wide, strong wings

fullyˈ-fashioned or fullˈ-fashioned adjective

(of garments, esp stockings) shaped to fit the body closely

fullyˈ-fledged or fullˈ-fledged adjective

  1. Completely fledged
  2. Having attained full rank or membership

at the full

At the height, eg of one's good fortune, etc

full and by (nautical)

Close-hauled to the wind

full-line forcing

The supplying of a particular product by a company to a customer only on condition that the customer takes the whole range of the company's product

full of oneself

Having a high or exaggerated opinion of one's own importance, etc (also full of one's own importance), too much the subject of one's own conversation

full of years (archaic)

  1. Old or aged
  2. At a good old age

full sail see under sail1

full steam ahead see under steam

full up

  1. Full to the limit
  2. Sated or wearied (informal)

in full

Without reduction or omission

in full cry

(esp of hounds) in hot pursuit

in full rig (nautical)

With maximum number of masts and sails

in full swing

At the height of activity

in the fullness of time

At the due or destined time

the full monty /monˈti/ (informal)

Everything that there is or that one needs

to the full

In full measure or completely

swing /swing/

intransitive verb (pat swung or (rare) swang; pap swung)
  1. To sway or wave to and fro, as a body hanging freely
  2. To amuse oneself on a swing
  3. To oscillate
  4. To hang
  5. To be hanged
  6. To sweep, wheel, sway
  7. To swerve
  8. To move with a swaying gait
  9. (of a ship) to turn round (eg to test the compass)
  10. To attract, excite or be perfectly appropriate to place or mood (informal)
  11. (of a person) to be thoroughly responsive (to jazz, any of the arts or any aspect of living) (informal)
  12. To be lively or up-to-date (informal)
  13. To take part in sexual activity on an uncommitted basis (informal)
transitive verb
  1. To cause to swing
  2. To set swinging
  3. To control
  4. To sway
  5. To hurl, whirl
  6. To brandish (eg a weapon)
  7. To transport in suspension (eg an object suspended from a crane)
  8. To move in a sweep
  9. (of a bell) to sound or send out (sound) by swinging
  10. To indicate by an oscillation
  11. To impart swing to
  12. To perform as swing-music
  13. To fix up so as to hang freely
  14. To influence the result of (eg a doubtful election, decision, etc) in favour of an individual or party
  15. To arrange, fix (informal)
noun
  1. An act, manner, etc or spell of swinging
  2. Oscillating, waving, sweeping
  3. Motion to and fro
  4. A shift from one position, etc to a markedly different one (lit and figurative)
  5. The sweep or compass of a swinging body
  6. The sweep of a golf club, bat, or the like
  7. A punch delivered with a swing of the arm
  8. Sway
  9. Scope, free indulgence
  10. Impetus
  11. Vigorous sweeping rhythm
  12. Big-band jazz music with strong rhythm and improvisations, as played in the 1930s and 1940s (also swingˈ-music)
  13. A suspended seat or carriage for the amusement of swinging
  14. A reversal of fortune
  15. The movement of voters from one party to another as compared with the previous election
  16. The act or trick of making the ball swerve in the air (cricket)
ORIGIN: OE swingan; Ger schwingen

swingˈer /swingˈər/ noun

  1. A person or thing that swings
  2. A ball bowled so as to swerve in the air (cricket)
  3. A badly centred gramophone record
  4. A lively and up-to-date person (informal)
  5. A person engaging freely in sexual activity, usu in groups (informal)
  6. Either of the middle pair in a team of six horses
  7. A Hindu devotee who swings from hooks in his flesh

swinging /swingˈing/ noun

  1. The act of moving to and fro in suspension, esp as a pastime
  2. Hanging (informal)
  3. The practice of unrestrained sexual activity, esp in groups, swapping partners, etc (informal)
  4. Hanging by hooks, as by a Hindu devotee
adjective
  1. Swaying
  2. Turning
  3. With a swing
  4. Having a free easy motion
  5. With it, fully alive to, and appreciative of, the most recent trends and fashions in living (informal)
  6. Up-to-date (informal)
  7. Lively (informal)
  8. Sexually promiscuous, esp indulging in partner-swapping or group sex (informal)

swingˈingly adverb

swingomˈeter noun

A device which shows the direction and extent of the current swing of the counted votes in an election

swingˈy adjective (informal)

Having swing

swingˈarm noun

The part of a motorcycle chassis to which the rear wheel is attached

swingˈ-back noun

  1. A reaction
  2. A camera back that can be tilted

swingˈbeat noun

A type of dance music influenced by hip-hop, rap music, and rhythm and blues

swingˈbin noun

A rubbish bin with a lid that opens when pushed and swings shut

swingˈboat noun

A boat-shaped swinging carriage for fairs, etc

swing bridge noun

A bridge that may be opened by swinging it to one side

swingˈ-by noun

The passing of a spacecraft near a planet in order to use its gravitational field to change course

swing door noun

A door (usu one of a pair) that opens either way and swings shut by itself

swingˈ-handle noun

A usu semicircular or arched handle, as on a pail or some kettles, so attached at both ends that it can swing to one side

swingˈing-boom noun (nautical)

The spar that stretches the foot of a lower studding-sail

swingˈing-post noun

The post to which a gate is hung

swing-music see swing (n) above.

swingˈ-plough noun

A plough without a fore-wheel under the beam

swingˈ-shelf noun

A hanging shelf

swing shift noun (US)

  1. The work shift between the day and night shifts (eg from mid-afternoon until midnight)
  2. The workers allocated to this shift
  3. The workers employed to take irregular shifts over a seven-day week to enable other workers to work a regular five-day week

swingˈ-stock noun

An upright timber, with a blunt upper edge for swingling flax on (also swingˈing-block)

swingˈ-swang noun

A complete (to and fro) oscillation

swingtail cargo aircraft noun

An aircraft with tail that swings aside to give access to the full cross-section of the fuselage for rapid loading and unloading of cargo

swingˈtree noun

A whippletree

swing vote noun (US)

  1. A casting vote
  2. A vote that determines the outcome of a ballot

swingˈ-wheel noun

The wheel that drives a clock pendulum

swingˈ-wing (aircraft) noun

Variable-geometry aircraft

get (back) into the swing of things

To become (re-)accustomed to a routine

in full swing

  1. In fully active operation
  2. In mid-career

swing by

To arrive or visit casually, often on the way elsewhere

swings and roundabouts

A situation in which advantages and disadvantages cancel each other out

swing the lead see under lead2
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