单词 | swim |
释义 | swim ![]() v. swam (swăm), swum (swŭm), swim·ming, swims v.intr. 1. a. To move through or on top of water by moving the limbs, fins, or tail or by undulating the body: Ducks swam in the pond. b. To play or relax in water: The children went swimming in the surf. 2. To float on water or another liquid: Suds swam on the surface of the dishwater. 3. a. To be covered or flooded with a liquid: chicken swimming in gravy. b. To possess a superfluity; abound: After winning the lottery, she was swimming in money. 4. To experience a floating or giddy sensation; be dizzy: "his brain still swimming with the effects of the last night's champagne" (Robert Smith Surtees). 5. To appear to float or spin slowly: The room swam before my eyes. v.tr. 1. To move through or across (a body of water or a distance) by swimming: She swam the channel. I swam 10 laps. 2. To execute (a particular stroke) in swimming. n. 1. a. The act of swimming: went for a swim before lunch. b. A distance covered by or period of time spent swimming. 2. An area, as of a river, abounding in fish. adj. Idioms: Of, relating to, or used for swimming: a swim mask. in the swim Active in the general current of affairs. swim against the stream To move counter to a prevailing trend. [Middle English swimmen, from Old English swimman.] swimma·ble adj. swimmer n. |
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