swish

Word family

swish1 /swɪʃ/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONMOVE something OR somebodyto move or make something move quickly through the air with a quiet sound （使）〔在空中〕刷刷[嗖嗖]地移动

Her skirt swished as she walked.

她走动时裙子窸窣作响。

—swish noun [singular]

Examples from the Corpus

swish• McCoy swished a three-point shot with four seconds left.• The long brown hair she swishes about herself so beguilingly.• The washing machine gently swished and splashed.• Ferns swished aside and sprang back into place as she moved along the tiny pathway through the valley.• Then there were the sweeping layers of thin gauzy curtains that swished elegantly back to reveal the screen.• I began to lap up the milk happily, my tail swishing from side to side.• The horse swished its tail.• Then as the electric doors swished open and three police officers jumped out on to the ballast, the awful realisation dawned.• It's a myth that we only swish our tails when we're angry.• It was wonderful to be up in the air and to feel the air swishing past his face.• We watched the train swish past the empty platforms.• Horses try to keep flies off by swishing their tails from side to side.

swish2 adjectiveadj British EnglishBrE

FASHIONABLEfashionable and expensive 时髦的；豪华的

a swish new apartment block

一栋新的豪华公寓大楼

Origin swish

(1700-1800) From the sound

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Chinese

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