swimmer

swim

S0944900 (swĭm)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. Of, relating to, or used for swimming: a swim mask.Idioms: in the swim Active in the general current of affairs. swim against the stream To move counter to a prevailing trend.

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[Middle English swimmen, from Old English swimman.]

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swim′ma·ble adj.swim′mer n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swimmer - a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he was an Olympic swimmer"athlete, jock - a person trained to compete in sportsbackstroker - someone who swims the backstrokebreaststroker - someone who swims the breaststrokediver, plunger - someone who dives (into water)skinny-dipper - a naked swimmer
	2.	swimmer - a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is not a good swimmer"bather, natatortraveler, traveller - a person who changes locationfloater - a swimmer who floats in the wateraquanaut, skin-diver - an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylindersurfboarder, surfer - someone who engages in surfboarding

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游泳者

swim

(swim) – present participle ˈswimming: past tense swam (swӕm) : past participle swum (swam) – verb1. to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc. The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium. 游泳 游泳2. to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming. He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all). 泳渡 泳渡3. to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc. His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes. 眩暈 眩晕 noun an act of swimming. We went for a swim in the lake. 游泳 游泳ˈswimmer noun a person who swims or who can swim. He's a strong swimmer. 游泳者 游泳者ˈswimming adjective covered with, or floating in, a liquid. meat swimming in/with grease. 充溢的 充溢的ˈswimming-bath, ˈswimming-pool nouns an indoor or outdoor pool for swimming in. 游泳池 游泳池ˈswimming-trunks noun plural short pants worn by boys and men for swimming. 游泳褲 游泳裤ˈswimsuit, ˈswimming-costume nouns a (woman's) garment worn for swimming. (女)游泳衣 （女）游泳衣

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