swim
[swɪm] verb (swimming, swam, swum)
MOVE IN WATER 在水中移动
ESSENTIAL intransitive or transitive
■to move through water by moving the body or parts of the body 游泳，游水•We spent the day on the beach but it was too cold to go swimming.我们一整天都在海滩上，但天气太冷，不能游泳。 •Her ambition is to swim (across) the English Channel.她的目标是游泳横渡英吉利海峡。 •I swam two miles this morning.我今天早上游了两英哩。 be swimming in/with sth disapproving
■If food is swimming in/with a liquid, it has too much of that liquid in it or on it （食物）浸泡在…中，充溢着•The salad was swimming in oil.沙拉里面的油太多了。
[swɪm] verb (swimming, swam, swum)
SEEM TO MOVE 好像在动
intransitive
■(of an object) to seem to move about （物体）仿佛旋转•Getting up too suddenly made the room swim before her eyes.因为起身太猛，她瞬间觉得整个房子好像都在旋转。 intransitive
■If your head swims, you feel confused and are unable to think or see clearly （头）晕眩，发晕•After the second or third drink, my head began to swim.两三杯酒下肚之后，我就开始觉得头晕。
[swɪm] noun
IMPROVER only singular
■a time when you swim 游泳•Shall we go for/have a swim this afternoon?我们今天下午去游泳吧? |