swings

英 [swɪŋz]

美 [swɪŋz]

v.  (使)摆动，摇摆，摇荡; 纵身跃向; 荡向; 悬吊到; (使)弧线运动，转弯，转动
n.  摆动; 挥动; 转动; 强劲节奏; 改变; 改变的程度; 秋千
swing的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)摆动;(使)摇摆;(使)摇荡
  If somethingswingsor if youswingit, it moves repeatedly backwards and forwards or from side to side from a fixed point.
  1. The sail of the little boat swung crazily from one side to the other...
     小船的帆猛烈地左右摇摆着。
  2. She was swinging a bottle of wine by its neck...
     她正握着瓶颈摇晃一瓶葡萄酒。
  3. Ian lit a cigarette and sat on the end of the table, one leg swinging.
     伊恩点燃了一支烟，坐在桌子的一端，一条腿晃来晃去。
  4. Swingis also a noun.
     
  5. ...a woman in a tight red dress, walking with a slight swing to her hips.
     身着红色紧身连衣裙、走路时臀部来回轻微扭动的女人
• V-ERG (使)成弧线运动;(使)转动;(使)转弯
  If somethingswingsin a particular direction or if youswingit in that direction, it moves in that direction with a smooth, curving movement.
  1. The torchlight swung across the little beach and out over the water, searching...
     手电筒的光在小海滩上扫过，而后照向水面搜索着。
  2. The canoe found the current and swung around...
     独木舟遇上急流后直打转。
  3. Roy swung his legs carefully off the couch and sat up.
     罗伊小心地把腿挪下沙发，坐了起来。
  4. Swingis also a noun.
     
  5. When he's not on the tennis court, you'll find him practising his golf swing.
     他不打网球时就练习高尔夫挥杆。
• V-ERG (使)急转弯;(使)突然转向
  If a vehicleswingsin a particular direction, or if the driverswingsit in a particular direction, they turn suddenly in that direction.
  1. Joanna swung back on to the main approach and headed for the airport...
     乔安娜猛地调转车头回到主路上，朝机场开去。
  2. The tyres dug into the grit as he swung the car off the road.
     当他一个急转弯把车驶离马路时，轮胎陷进了沙子里。
• VERB (通常指人因受惊)急转身
  If someoneswings around, they turn around quickly, usually because they are surprised.
  1. She swung around to him, spilling her tea without noticing it.
     她一下子转身面向他，茶水溅了出来都没注意到。
• VERB (挥动手臂等)朝…打去;朝…挥击;挥向
  If youswing ata person or thing, you try to hit them with your arm or with something that you are holding.
  1. Blanche swung at her but she moved her head back and Blanche missed...
     布兰奇挥手朝她打去，但她头向后一闪，布兰奇没有打到。
  2. I picked up his baseball bat and swung at the man's head.
     我捡起他的棒球棒朝那个人的头打去。
  3. Swingis also a noun.
     
  4. I often want to take a swing at someone to relieve my feelings.
     我常想打谁一顿来发泄情感。
• 秋千
  Aswingis a seat hanging by two ropes or chains from a metal frame or from the branch of a tree. You can sit on the seat and move forwards and backwards through the air.
• 摇摆乐(流行于 20 世纪 30 年代的爵士舞曲)
  Swingis a style of jazz dance music that was popular in the 1930's. It was played by big bands.
• N-COUNT (意见、态度或感情的)改变;(尤指)突变，巨变
  Aswingin people's opinions, attitudes, or feelings is a change in them, especially a sudden or big change.
  1. There was a massive twenty per cent swing away from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats...
     出现了一个巨大转变:多达20％的人由支持保守党转而支持自由民主党。
  2. Educational practice is liable to sudden swings and changes...
     教学实践中经常会出现突然的变化与改革。
  3. Dieters suffer from violent mood swings.
     节食者会有激烈的情绪波动。
• VERB (意见、态度或感情)改变;(尤指)突然转变，完全改变
  If people's opinions, attitudes, or feelingsswing, they change, especially in a sudden or extreme way.
  1. In two years' time there is a presidential election, and the voters could swing again...
     总统选举在两年后举行，届时选民们可能会再次倒向另一方。
  2. The mood amongst Tory MPs seems to be swinging away from their leader.
     保守党议员似乎正在疏远他们的领袖。
• N-COUNT (政治家等的)巡回,巡视,巡游
  If someone such as a politician makes aswing througha particular country or area, they go on a quick trip through it, visiting a number of different places.
  1. ...a campaign swing through South Dakota and Texas.
     在南达科他州和得克萨斯州的巡回竞选活动
• PHRASE 在热烈进行中;处于兴盛阶段
  If something isin full swing, it is operating fully and is no longer in its early stages.
  1. When we returned, the party was in full swing and the dance floor was crowded...
     我们回来时，聚会已进入高潮，舞池里挤满了人。
  2. The international rugby season is in full swing.
     国际橄榄球赛季正如火如荼地进行着。
• PHRASE 融入;完全投入;对…乐在其中
  If youget into the swing ofsomething, you become very involved in it and enjoy what you are doing.
  1. Everyone understood how hard it was to get back into the swing of things after such a long absence.
     每个人都知道这么长时间不在，再重新完全融入进来有多难。
• PHRASE 热闹有趣;气氛热烈
  If you say that somethingis going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
  1. Sara Lewis' impressive recipes are guaranteed to make the party go with a swing.
     萨拉·刘易斯令人赞不绝口的食谱一定能使聚会的气氛热烈非凡。
• 有得必有失
  If you say that a situation isswings and roundabouts, you mean that there are as many gains as there are losses.
• no room to swing a cat→ see:cat

双语例句

• Larry began suffering severe headaches and violent mood swings.
  拉里开始出现严重的头痛和剧烈的情绪波动。
• My doctor had warned me about mood swings, hot flashes, and sporadic periods.
  我的医生告诫过我要注意情绪不稳、潮热和不规则的经期。
• If love is playing on the swings, you are my original point.
  如果爱是荡秋千，你是我的原点。
• This exercise emphasizes hip swings and it exercises the waist, hips and the inner side of thigh.
  这种运动注重臀部扭动。它锻炼腰部、臀部，和大腿。
• I could take huge swings.
  我可以做出巨大的改变。
• But he has used too many swings, which has given chances to Lewis.
  但他打出太多的摆拳，给刘易斯创造了不少机会。
• PINK: Depending on its saturation or value, pink evokes varied mood swings.
  粉红：根据饱和度和色值的不同，粉红可以引起不同的情绪振动。
• Economists said the wide swings reflected in part the trouble the government is having in seasonally adjusting the figures.
  经济学家称这种大幅的震荡反映了一部分政府在对数字进行季节性调整方面存在的麻烦。
• We saw the Park Keeper telling a bunch of older boys to get off the swings.
  我们看到公园管理员让一些大男孩从秋千上下来。
• Now there are swings.
  现在这里有了这些秋千。