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单词 swoon
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Definition of swoon in English:

swoon

verb swuːnswun
[no object]
  • 1literary Faint, especially from extreme emotion.

    Frankie's mother swooned and had to be helped to the headmaster's office
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was the closest I had ever come to fainting; in fact, it was hard not to swoon dead away.
    • He had never met a woman who wouldn't swoon at the sight or mention of death.
    • For a moment, I grew a bit faint at the sight and swooned, but I quickly gathered up my strength.
    • She struggled to her feet with grim determination, took one wobbly step, swooned and collapsed.
    • People swoon and faint when I casually mention that I don't have a mobile phone.
    Synonyms
    pass out, lose consciousness, fall unconscious, black out, collapse
  • 2Be overcome with admiration, adoration, or other strong emotion.

    you can have them swooning over you with a few well-placed words
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's got just about everything: wonderful themes, splendid virtuosic writing, great orchestral color, moments to make you swoon or drop your jaw.
    • Gone are the newly adolescent girls who giggle at boys and swoon over American Idol stars.
    • The wheel of fashion turned full circle during London Fashion Week, with the best designers convincing audiences to swoon over collections they would have balked at this time last year.
    • Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear.
    • Several girls practically swoon from the sight of him, and to tell you the truth I can't help but stare at him myself.
    • I may have to revise my claims that I don't swoon over living artists to the same extent as I do the dead.
    • Never without his denim jacket, loose white shirt, and dark, black Levis, all the girls swooned at the sight of his puppy-dog-brown eyes and combed back brown hair.
    • He never missed the opportunity to show off the good looks his Italian mother gave him, and girls were always swooning over him.
    • His biceps bulged; his abdomen rippled and the mere sight of him made the faint-hearted swoon.
    • The thought made me swoon with disbelief, so after eight songs had passed, I wasn't sure if it was the twelve cups of punch or the dance that was making me delirious.
    • If ever she was to become a lady, and if ever she was to meet him again, she would treat him with coolness and set herself apart from all the foolish ladies who would swoon at the sight of him.
    • All of us have watched her swoon over many different male characters in movies, and then we have watched the male characters swoon over her at least a dozen times.
    • He gave me his famous lopsided smile and I suddenly knew what it felt like to be one of those girls who swooned at the sight of him.
    • It's great that we swoon over the relationships we see in romantic comedies and cheesy sitcoms, but real life isn't like that.
    • Sometimes, it made me feel a little sick to see all of those women swooning over my mother.
    • The girls swoon over this tall, dark and handsome man who needs a translator.
    • I realize that most women would probably swoon over your good looks and charming wit.
    • No doubt the Indian ladies had swooned at the sight of him.
    • It makes me seem like some weak maiden who swoons at the sight of every attractive guy she sees.
    • I had hoped that my roommate would not have been one of those girls who swooned at the sight of those two ignoramuses.
noun swuːnswun
literary
  • An occurrence of fainting.

    I fell down in a swoon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hero is publicly denounced by Claudio on her wedding day, falls into a swoon, and apparently dies.
    • The city slicker high school boy with good looks, a girl and enough attitude to burn, appears with aforementioned bike, impresses his mates and sends the girl into a swoon.
    • However, my frantic eye-fluttering demonstrations merely provoked inquiries after my contact lenses rather than the swoons of desire I had anticipated.
    • This would further be followed by epileptic fits, swoons, faints, wails and finally a happy reunion.
    • With great difficulty I refrained from falling to the ground in a heart-stopping swoon and gave a little wave.
    Synonyms
    fainting fit, blackout, fainting, faint, passing out, loss of consciousness

Origin

Middle English: the verb from obsolete swown 'fainting', the noun from aswoon 'in a faint', both from Old English geswōgen 'overcome'.

Rhymes

afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, immune, importune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, monsoon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, Troon, tune, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon
 
 

Definition of swoon in US English:

swoon

verbswo͞onswun
[no object]
  • 1Faint from extreme emotion.

    he swooned at the sight of blood on his hero's sleeve
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She struggled to her feet with grim determination, took one wobbly step, swooned and collapsed.
    • It was the closest I had ever come to fainting; in fact, it was hard not to swoon dead away.
    • For a moment, I grew a bit faint at the sight and swooned, but I quickly gathered up my strength.
    • People swoon and faint when I casually mention that I don't have a mobile phone.
    • He had never met a woman who wouldn't swoon at the sight or mention of death.
    Synonyms
    pass out, lose consciousness, fall unconscious, black out, collapse
    1. 1.1 Be emotionally affected by someone or something that one admires; become ecstatic.
      teenagers swoon over Japanese pop singers
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The wheel of fashion turned full circle during London Fashion Week, with the best designers convincing audiences to swoon over collections they would have balked at this time last year.
      • It's got just about everything: wonderful themes, splendid virtuosic writing, great orchestral color, moments to make you swoon or drop your jaw.
      • His biceps bulged; his abdomen rippled and the mere sight of him made the faint-hearted swoon.
      • All of us have watched her swoon over many different male characters in movies, and then we have watched the male characters swoon over her at least a dozen times.
      • He never missed the opportunity to show off the good looks his Italian mother gave him, and girls were always swooning over him.
      • No doubt the Indian ladies had swooned at the sight of him.
      • I may have to revise my claims that I don't swoon over living artists to the same extent as I do the dead.
      • He gave me his famous lopsided smile and I suddenly knew what it felt like to be one of those girls who swooned at the sight of him.
      • Gone are the newly adolescent girls who giggle at boys and swoon over American Idol stars.
      • I realize that most women would probably swoon over your good looks and charming wit.
      • If ever she was to become a lady, and if ever she was to meet him again, she would treat him with coolness and set herself apart from all the foolish ladies who would swoon at the sight of him.
      • The thought made me swoon with disbelief, so after eight songs had passed, I wasn't sure if it was the twelve cups of punch or the dance that was making me delirious.
      • Sometimes, it made me feel a little sick to see all of those women swooning over my mother.
      • I had hoped that my roommate would not have been one of those girls who swooned at the sight of those two ignoramuses.
      • It's great that we swoon over the relationships we see in romantic comedies and cheesy sitcoms, but real life isn't like that.
      • Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear.
      • Several girls practically swoon from the sight of him, and to tell you the truth I can't help but stare at him myself.
      • It makes me seem like some weak maiden who swoons at the sight of every attractive guy she sees.
      • Never without his denim jacket, loose white shirt, and dark, black Levis, all the girls swooned at the sight of his puppy-dog-brown eyes and combed back brown hair.
      • The girls swoon over this tall, dark and handsome man who needs a translator.
nounswo͞onswun
literary
  • An occurrence of fainting.

    I fell down in a swoon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hero is publicly denounced by Claudio on her wedding day, falls into a swoon, and apparently dies.
    • However, my frantic eye-fluttering demonstrations merely provoked inquiries after my contact lenses rather than the swoons of desire I had anticipated.
    • The city slicker high school boy with good looks, a girl and enough attitude to burn, appears with aforementioned bike, impresses his mates and sends the girl into a swoon.
    • This would further be followed by epileptic fits, swoons, faints, wails and finally a happy reunion.
    • With great difficulty I refrained from falling to the ground in a heart-stopping swoon and gave a little wave.
    Synonyms
    fainting fit, blackout, fainting, faint, passing out, loss of consciousness

Origin

Middle English: the verb from obsolete swown ‘fainting’, the noun from aswoon ‘in a faint’, both from Old English geswōgen ‘overcome’.

 
 
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