| 单词 | swan |
| 释义 | swan swan1 —swanlike, adj. /swon/, n. 1. any of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily Anserinae, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult. Cf. mute swan, trumpeter swan, whistling swan, whooper swan. 2. a person or thing of unusual beauty, excellence, purity, or the like. 3. Literary. a person who sings sweetly or a poet. 4. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Cygnus. [bef. 900; ME, OE; c. G Schwan, ON svanr] swan2 /swon/, v.i. Midland and Southern U.S. Older Use. to swear or declare (used with I): Well, I swan, I never expected to see you here! [1775-85, Amer.; prob. continuing dial. (N England) I s'wan, shortening of I shall warrant] |
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