| 单词 | swish |
| 释义 | swish (once / 2214 pages) vnadj To swish is to make something rush or hiss as it moves, or to move this way yourself. A bike might swish past you on a wet sidewalk, and you might swish your long dress as you continue walking. A swish is the sound that's made when a person or thing swishes — the swish of a dish brush on a dirty pan in the sink, or the swish of water against a dock. A kite swishes through the air and so does a fencing epee or a fly swatter. In basketball, you swish when you make a clean basket, without the ball hitting the rim or the backboard. Swish is an example of onomatopoeia — when a word that sounds like its meaning. WORD FAMILYswish: swished, swisher, swishes, swishing, swishingly, swishy+/swishy: swishily USAGE EXAMPLESWe think big and small in the same swish of a fingertip. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) Surely that would be it for the saga of So Help Me God/Swish/Waves/The Life of Pablo? The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) As the gym fell silent, Devonish swished his first attempt. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) 1v move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound Syn|Hyper lap, swoosh, swosh go, sound make a certain noise or sound 2n a brushing or rustling sound Hyper sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event 3adj elegant and fashionable "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child Syn classy, posh fashionable, stylish having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress |
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