swipe

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ldoce_326_bswipe1 /swaɪp/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HIT to hit or to try to hit someone or something by swinging your arm or an object very quickly 〔挥臂或挥某物〕重击，猛击

She swiped me across the face.

她扬起手打了我一个耳光。

swipe at

He jumped forward, intending to swipe at her.

他扑向前去想打她。

2 [transitiveT] informalSTEAL to steal something 偷窃 SYN British English pinch

The photos were probably swiped by an employee.

这些照片很可能是被哪个员工偷走了。

[transitiveT]TD to pull a plastic card through a machine that can read the electronic information on it 刷〔卡〕

Swipe your card to open the door.

刷卡开门。

Examples from the Corpus

swipe• But there was no doubt about it - his leg had been swiped.• Mike said, swiping a hand past his head.• When my hands started to sweat, I swiped a layer of Secret across them too.• While I was swimming in the river, somebody swiped all my clothes!• Smiling, recognising, swiping, grabbing, balancing on his bottom, eating, imitating sounds, crawling, standing.• Jody swiped me across the face.• I wish I knew who'd swiped my earrings.• Someone broke into my car and swiped my stereo.• He ran into a fast-food joint and swiped some little handy wipes that made them smell all lemony.• I had no intention of swiping the lot.• A gutsy but vulnerable underdog who swiped the prince and was still one of us at the end of it.• It swipes the underside of the net.

swipe at• A lineman swiped at Bartkowski's arm as he threw the ball.

swipe2 noun [countableC]

1 a criticism of someone or something 批评，抨击 SYN dig

swipe at

His comments were a sarcastic swipe at the police.

他的评论是对警方尖刻的批评。

In her latest article, she takes a swipe at (=criticizes) her critics.

在最近一篇文章中，她对批评她的人进行了抨击。

→5 See picture of SWIPE 刷〔卡〕

2 HITwhen you hit or try to hit someone or something by swinging your arm very quickly 〔挥臂的〕重击，猛击

She took a swipe at the ball.

她朝着球打去。

Examples from the Corpus

swipe• Dole took a swipe at Clinton during his nationally-televised acceptance speech in San Diego.• A swipe of a card made it mine for two weeks.• A swipe of the clutch reveals it feels the same as last year's bike.• A single downward swipe of the eyes.• A Euclidian radius on the drawing became a few swipes with the file.• The bails needed to be off in a flash but poor Stewart missed with his first swipe.• A great swipe in the middle of that.• Addison also takes the opportunity for a side swipe at tragicomedy as a monstrous invention.

took a swipe at• Dole took a swipe at Clinton's foreign policy.• Dole took a swipe at Clinton during his nationally-televised acceptance speech in San Diego.• Like all ages, the late Middle Ages had its critics who took swipes at the activities of soldiers.

From Longman Business Dictionary

swipeswipe /swaɪp/ verb

swipe a card to pass a special plastic card such as a CREDIT CARD through a machine that can read the information it contains

The system allows stores to check a customer’s credit account by swiping the card through an electronic device.

Origin swipe1

(1800-1900) Probably from sweep

swipe1 verbswipe2 noun

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