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

swan¹ n. [countable]

Birdsa large bird living by water, of the goose family, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white feathers.

swan¹ n.

Birdsany of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily Anserinae, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult. Cf. mute swan, trumpeter swan, whistling swan, whooper swan.
a person or thing of unusual beauty, excellence, purity, or the like.
[Literary.]a person who sings sweetly or a poet.
Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Cygnus.

bef. 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Schwan, Old Norse svanr

swan′like′, adj.

swan² v.i.

Dialect Terms[Midland and Southern U.S. Older Use.]to swear or declare (used with I):Well, I swan, I never expected to see you here!

probably continuing dialect, dialectal (north, northern England) I s'wan, shortening of I shall warrant 1775–85, American.

Swan n.

Biographical Sir Joseph Wilson, 1828–1914, British chemist, electrical engineer, and inventor.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

swan /swɒn/ n

any large aquatic bird of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba, having a long neck and usually a white plumage: family Anatidae, order Anseriformes
rare literary a poet
(capital when part of a title or epithet): the Swan of Avon (Shakespeare)

vb (swans, swanning, swanned)

(intr; usually followed by around or about) informal to wander idly

Etymology: Old English; related to Old Norse svanr, Middle Low German swōn

ˈswanˌlike adj

Swan /swɒn/ n

a river in SW Western Australia, rising as the Avon northeast of Narrogin and flowing northwest and west to the Indian Ocean below Perth. Length: about 240 km (150 miles)

Swan /swɒn/ n

Sir Joseph Wilson. 1828–1914, English physicist and chemist, who developed the incandescent electric light (1880) independently of Edison

单词	swan
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 swan¹ /swɑn/USA pronunciation n. [countable] Birdsa large bird living by water, of the goose family, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white feathers. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 swan¹ (swon),USA pronunciation n. Birdsany of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily Anserinae, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult. Cf. mute swan, trumpeter swan, whistling swan, whooper swan. a person or thing of unusual beauty, excellence, purity, or the like. [Literary.]a person who sings sweetly or a poet. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Cygnus. bef. 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Schwan, Old Norse svanr swan′like′, adj. swan² (swon),USA pronunciation v.i. Dialect Terms[Midland and Southern U.S. Older Use.]to swear or declare (used with I):Well, I swan, I never expected to see you here! probably continuing dialect, dialectal (north, northern England) I s'wan, shortening of I shall warrant 1775–85, American. Swan (swon),USA pronunciation n. Biographical Sir Joseph Wilson, 1828–1914, British chemist, electrical engineer, and inventor. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swan /swɒn/ n any large aquatic bird of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba, having a long neck and usually a white plumage: family Anatidae, order Anseriformes rare literary a poet (capital when part of a title or epithet): the Swan of Avon (Shakespeare) vb (swans, swanning, swanned) (intr; usually followed by around or about) informal to wander idly Etymology: Old English; related to Old Norse svanr, Middle Low German swōn ˈswanˌlike adj Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Swan /swɒn/ n a river in SW Western Australia, rising as the Avon northeast of Narrogin and flowing northwest and west to the Indian Ocean below Perth. Length: about 240 km (150 miles) Swan /swɒn/ n Sir Joseph Wilson. 1828–1914, English physicist and chemist, who developed the incandescent electric light (1880) independently of Edison
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