1move through water 在水中移动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DSS to move yourself through water using your arms and legs 游水,游泳
swim in
We swam in the chilly water.
我们在冰冷的水里游泳。
swim around/across etc
She could swim across the lake.
她能游到湖对岸去。
5Let’s go swimming this afternoon.
今天下午我们游泳去吧。
kids learning to swim the backstroke
学习仰泳的孩子们
She was the first woman to swim the Channel.
她是第一个游过英吉利海峡的女性。
2water animals 水中的动物 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] when fish, ducks etc swim, they move around the water using their tails and fins, their feet etc 〔鱼、鸭子等在水里〕游动
a)CONFUSEDBALANCEif your head swims, you start to feel confused or that everything is spinning around 发晕,眩晕
My head was swimming after looking at that screen all day.
我整天盯着那屏幕,头都晕了。
b)CLEAR/EASY TO SEEif something you are looking at swims, it seems to be moving around, usually because you are ill, tired, or drunk 〔生病、疲劳或喝醉时眼前物体〕晃动,旋转
The numbers swam before my eyes.
那些数字在我眼前晃动。
4be swimming in somethingLIQUIDto be covered by a lot of liquid 浸 [泡]在某物里
potatoes swimming in thick gravy
浸在浓稠肉汁里的马铃薯
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be swimming in something• The only Italian food we'd ever heard about was a bowl of spaghetti swimming intomatosauce.
5.swim against the tide/current etcDIFFERENTto do or say things which are different from what most people do or say, because you do not mind being different 反潮流,不随大溜OPP swim with the tide
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swim against the tide/current etc• There s no point in you tryin to swim against the tide now, is there?• Light given out by distantgalaxies has to swim against the tide of expansion to get to us.
swim• In the afternoons they sunbathed and swam.• You swim a few laps, lie in the sun, eat a burger.• Just as he was beginning to get worried in case she had gone too far, she turned and swam back.• Dadswims fifty laps in the pool every morning.• For a moment, tearsswam in his eyes and he fought for control.• To swim in it is dangerous, unnecessary and probably obscene.• Slowly and carefully I swam round the darkwalls of the castle.• I don't like swimming the breaststroke.• I didn't learn to swim until I was ten years old.• Steinkamp swam up to it and stuck her thumbs in her ears, seemingly making a childish face at it.
2.in the swim (of things)informalMODERNknowing about and involved in what is happening in a particular situation 了解并融入某种形势的;不脱离潮流的
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in the swim (of things)• When I have a shoal of feeding bream in the swim I can not resteasy.• Rolling bream and line bites told me that fish were in the swim.
go for ... swim• Go for a swim and lie in the sun and talk about their lives.• I pointed to the bathinglockers where we could leave our things and go for a swim.• Take her along when I go for a swim, have her over for lunch.• Time to write a poem, go for a swim, take diet pills.• Let's go for a swim.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SWIM | SWIM + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤evening, morning, regular晚泳;晨泳;定期的游泳▸➤long, quick長時間的/短時間的游泳◇How about a quick swim before breakfast?早餐前游一會兒泳怎麼樣?➤nice暢快的游泳VERB + SWIM➤go for, have, take (especially NAmE) 去游泳;游泳◇She got up early and went for a swim.她早早起來游泳去了。SWIM + NOUN➤suit(usually swimsuit) , trunks (NAmE) 泳衣;泳褲➤coach, team (both NAmE) 游泳教練;游泳隊➤meet, practice (both NAmE) 游泳比賽/訓練PREPOSITION➤for a swim為了游泳◇Are you joining us for a swim?和我們一起去游泳嗎?swim
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ADVERB | VERB + SWIM | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤strongly, vigorously用力游;奮力游◇A beaver swam vigorously upstream.一隻河狸奮力向上游游去。➤well游得好◇He can't swim well.他不太會游泳。➤quickly, rapidly快速游;飛快游▸➤slowly慢慢游➤underwater在水下游➤out游出➤ashore, back游到岸上;游回◇Exhausted, they swam ashore.他們感到筋疲力盡,於是向岸邊游去。➤away, off游走;游開➤downstream, upstream順流游;逆流游▸➤around繞⋯游VERB + SWIM➤can, know how to會游泳▸➤learn (how) to學(如何)游泳▸➤teach sb (how) to教某人(如何)游泳PREPOSITION➤across橫渡◇to swim across the river游過河➤in在⋯中游泳◇to swim in the sea在大海中游泳➤to游到⋯◇We swam out to the boat.我們游到了船邊。➤towards/toward游向◇She swam back towards / toward the shore.她返身往岸邊游去。PHRASES➤go swimming去游泳