单词	swish
释义	swish1 verbswish2 adjective swishswish1 /swɪʃ/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINswish Origin: 1700-1800 From the sound Verb Table VERB TABLE swish Simple Form Present I, you, we, they swish he, she, it swishes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they swished Present perfect I, you, we, they have swished he, she, it has swished Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had swished Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will swish Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have swished Continuous Form Present I am swishing he, she, it is swishing you, we, they are swishing Past I, he, she, it was swishing you, we, they were swishing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been swishing he, she, it has been swishing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been swishing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be swishing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been swishing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Horses try to keep flies off by swishing their tails from side to side. McCoy swished a three-point shot with four seconds left. The horse swished its tail. We watched the train swish past the empty platforms. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Ferns swished aside and sprang back into place as she moved along the tiny pathway through the valley. I began to lap up the milk happily, my tail swishing from side to side. 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. The long brown hair she swishes about herself so beguilingly. The washing machine gently swished and splashed. Then as the electric doors swished open and three police officers jumped out on to the ballast, the awful realisation dawned. Then there were the sweeping layers of thin gauzy curtains that swished elegantly back to reveal the screen. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorquiet gentle sounds► murmur the continuous, low, quiet sound of something that is a fairly long way away or that is continuously there as well as other noises: · Jan had the radio on in the room above, but it was no more than a murmur.the murmur of something: · The murmur of distant traffic reached us when the wind was in the east. ► rustle if things such as papers, leaves, or clothes rustle , they make a continuous quiet sound as they rub against each other: · Leaves rustled in the summer breeze.· The tissue paper rustled in the silence as she unwrapped the gift. ► swish the smooth quiet sound produced when something such as a skirt or curtains moves quickly through the air: · The magnificent red stage curtains opened with a swish.the swish of something: · Just then there was the swish of wings right above my head. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a cow/cat etc swishes its tail (=quickly moves it from side to side)· The cow wandered off, swishing her tail. to move or make something move quickly through the air with a quiet sound:  Her skirt swished as she walked.—swish noun [singular] swish1 verbswish2 adjective swishswish2 adjective British English Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a cow/cat etc swishes its tail (=quickly moves it from side to side)· The cow wandered off, swishing her tail. fashionable and expensive:  a swish new apartment block
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