英语词汇“swim”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

swimswim1 /swɪm/ ●●● S2 verb (past tense swam /swæm/, past participle swum /swʌm/, present participle swimming)

ETYMOLOGYswim¹

Origin: Old English swimman

VERB TABLE

swim

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	swim
	he, she, it	swims
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	swam
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have swum
	he, she, it	has swum
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had swum
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will swim
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have swum

Continuous Form
Present	I	am swimming
	he, she, it	is swimming
	you, we, they	are swimming
Past	I, he, she, it	was swimming
	you, we, they	were swimming
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been swimming
	he, she, it	has been swimming
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been swimming
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be swimming
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been swimming

COLLOCATIONS► swim the breaststroke/backstroke etc.

(=swim using a particular movement)

► making my head swim

The heavy incense was making my head swim.

1[intransitive, transitive] to move yourself through water using your arms, legs, etc., or to cross an area of water by doing this: Can you swim? Dad swims 50 laps in the pool every morning.swim the breaststroke/backstroke etc. (=swim using a particular movement)2[intransitive] if your head swims, you start to feel confused or dizzy: The heavy incense was making my head swim.3[intransitive] if something you are looking at swims, it seems to move because you feel dizzy: The numbers swam before my eyes.4be swimming in something to be covered by a lot of liquid: The eggs were swimming in oil.5swim with/against the tide/current/stream to do or say the same things as, or different things from, what most people do [Origin: Old English swimman]