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单词 swing
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swingverb

uk/swɪŋ/us/swɪŋ/swung, swung

swing verb (MOVE SIDEWAYS)

B2 [ I or T ] to move easily and without interruption backwards and forwards or from one side to the other, especially from a fixed point, or to cause something or someone to do this:

He walked briskly along swinging his rolled-up umbrella.
The door swung open.

[ I or T ] to move an object or your fist in an attempt to hit something or someone:

I swung (the bat) and missed.
He swung his fist towards Ben's face.

[ I ] to change:

His mood swings between elation and despair.

More examples

  • He rushed into the garden, leaving the gate swinging.
  • A shop sign was creaking as it swung in the wind.
  • Swing your legs over to this side of the bed.
  • Her earrings were swinging as she nodded her head.
  • He ran happily down the road, swinging his school bag as he went.

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Shaking, swinging and vibrating

  • agitate
  • brandish
  • churn
  • flourish
  • fluff sth up
  • jitter
  • joggle
  • resonate
  • reverberate
  • rocky
  • shake
  • stir
  • stir sth up
  • teeter
  • throb
  • totter
  • tremble
  • tremulous
  • wag
  • worry

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Changing

swing verb (BE EXCITING)

[ I ] informal to be exciting and enjoyable:

You need music to make a party swing.

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Making people excited and interested

  • absorbed
  • animate
  • be sb's bag idiom
  • breathe (new) life into sth idiom
  • captivate
  • capture
  • catch
  • engage
  • enthuse
  • entrance 1
  • intoxicate
  • intrigue
  • occupy
  • pulse
  • pump
  • pump sb up
  • reinvigorate
  • whip sb into sth
  • whip sth up
  • wow factor

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swing verb (MUSIC)

[ I or T ] to play music in a strong, exciting style like jazz, or (of music) to be played in this way

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Jazz & blues

  • acid jazz
  • bebop
  • blues
  • bop
  • dixieland
  • funk
  • funky
  • honky-tonk
  • jazz
  • jazzy
  • modern jazz
  • ragtime
  • rhythm and blues
  • scat
  • skiffle
  • stride piano
  • trad jazz
  • twelve-bar blues

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swing verb (ARRANGE)

[ T ] informal to arrange for something to happen, by persuading people and often by acting slightly dishonestly:

If you want an interview with Pedro, I could probably swing it (for you).

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Urging & persuading

  • argumentation
  • blag
  • brainwash
  • bring
  • browbeat
  • butter
  • get sth out of sb
  • incite
  • persuasion
  • pitch
  • preach
  • press-gang
  • prevail on/upon sb
  • proselytize
  • rush sb into (doing) sth
  • sucker sb into sth
  • talk sb down
  • talk sb out of sth
  • twist
  • work on sb

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Planning, expecting and arranging

Idiom(s)

swing both ways
swing for it
swing into action
swing the balance

Phrasal verb(s)

swing (sth/sb) around
swing at sb
swing by/past (sth)
swing for sb

swingnoun

uk/swɪŋ/us/swɪŋ/

swing noun (SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT)

[ C ] a swinging movement

[ C ] an attempt to hit someone:

The drunk took a wild swing at Harry.

[ C ] a change:

He experiences severe mood swings (= sudden changes from one extreme mood to another).
The party only needs a five percent swing (= needs five percent of voters to change to supporting it) to win this election.

More examples

  • She spends hours practising her golf swing.
  • The old lady took a swing at the man with her handbag.

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Revolving, rotating and spinning

  • centrifugal
  • Foucault pendulum
  • go round
  • gyrate
  • in rotation idiom
  • rev
  • rotate
  • rotation
  • round and round idiom
  • rpm
  • sidespin
  • span
  • spin
  • spin (sb) around
  • swim
  • tailspin
  • twiddle
  • twirly
  • wheel
  • wheel round

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Hitting and beating
Change and changes

swing noun (SEAT)

B2 [ C ] a seat joined by two ropes or chains to a metal bar or a tree, on which you can sit and move backwards and forwards

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Play areas for children

  • adventure playground
  • amusement arcade
  • ball pool
  • climbing frame
  • den
  • flume
  • jungle gym
  • paddling pool
  • playhouse
  • playpen
  • recreation ground
  • roundabout
  • sandbox
  • sandpit
  • schoolyard
  • slide
  • teeter-totter
  • tree house
  • wading pool
  • Wendy house

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swing noun (BE EXCITING)

go with a swing UK informal

If an event, especially a party, goes with a swing, it is very exciting and successful:

The Festival always goes with a swing.

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Exciting and interesting

  • absorbing
  • action-packed
  • alley
  • arresting
  • barnstorming
  • glowing
  • gnarly
  • gripping
  • interesting
  • interestingly
  • meaty
  • rip-roaring
  • rousing
  • Roy of the Rovers stuff
  • scintillating
  • sensational
  • sensationally
  • sex sth up
  • showstopper
  • whirlwind

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swing noun (MUSIC)

[ U ] a type of dance music that was popular in the 1930s and 40s

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Jazz & blues

  • acid jazz
  • bebop
  • blues
  • bop
  • dixieland
  • funk
  • funky
  • honky-tonk
  • jazz
  • jazzy
  • modern jazz
  • ragtime
  • rhythm and blues
  • scat
  • skiffle
  • stride piano
  • trad jazz
  • twelve-bar blues

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Idiom(s)

get into the swing of it/things
what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
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