单词 | swag |
释义 | swag I. intransitive verb 1. a. < their shutters swag — Joseph Mitchell > b. < a sudden crosscurrent caused the ship to swag > < trees swagging from constant strong winds > c. 2. < his heavy sensual face swagged — W.J.Locke > < the moon swagged in the air — Allen Tate > transitive verb 1. < swagged the rowboat until it capsized > 2. < the snow was starting to swag down the old roof > 3. a. < a taffeta skirt blows out below the swagged hipline — Harper's Bazaar > b. < the swagged plush curtains — Marcia Davenport > II. 1. obsolete 2. < yawed to the deep inner swag of the river — R.P.Warren > 3. 4. a. < the carven swags of Renaissance decoration — Britain Today > b. < great swags of lilac and laburnum spill over ancient, weathered walls — advt > < decking his premises … with swags of mammoth royal-purple ermine tails — Mollie Panter-Downes > especially < a pine swag … trimmed with kumquats and bells — Frederic Morley > c. (1) (2) < dramatic swags of draping marking the slim skirt — advt > d. < our rocks stand midway between two swags of this uneven high-water line — Peter Mayne > 5. a. < the swag from this and other forms of graft — F.L.Allen > b. < will find the equitable division of the swag … a problem — Horace Sutton > c. < any listener who may lose out on swag being offered by another network — Saul Carson > 6. < watched them putting away great swags and wedges … of starch — Elizabeth Taylor > < spent a big swag of ratepayers' money — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > 7. < two brothers … were drowned while bathing in an old colliery swag — Pall Mall Gazette > 8. chiefly Australia III. < men with swag watch chains — H.E.Bates > < an unsuccessful poet, swag in mind as in belly — Christopher Morley > |
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