Swing

[swɪŋ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) changing location by moving back and forth.

(noun.) a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them.

(noun.) a sweeping blow or stroke; 'he took a wild swing at my head'.

(noun.) mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth.

(noun.) a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.

(noun.) a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity; 'the party went with a swing'; 'it took time to get into the swing of things'.

(verb.) alternate dramatically between high and low values; 'his mood swings'; 'the market is swinging up and down'.

(verb.) hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; 'The soccer player began to swing at the referee'.

(verb.) engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; 'There were many swinging couples in the 1960's'.

(verb.) make a big sweeping gesture or movement.

(verb.) play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

(verb.) move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; 'He swung back'.

(verb.) change direction with a swinging motion; turn; 'swing back'; 'swing forward'.

(verb.) move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; 'He swung his left fist'; 'swing a bat'.

(verb.) be a social swinger; socialize a lot.

(verb.) influence decisively; 'This action swung many votes over to his side'.

(verb.) live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; 'The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely'.

(verb.) have a certain musical rhythm; 'The music has to swing'.

克利夫顿錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

(v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.

(v. i.) To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.

(n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

(n.) To be hanged.

(v. t.) To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.

(v. t.) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.

(v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

(n.) The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.

(n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.

(n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.

(n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.

(n.) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

(n.) Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.

校對:罗杰

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Oscillate, vibrate, wave, move to and fro, move backward and forward.[2]. Hang, dangle, hang loose.

n. [1]. Oscillation, vibration, waving motion.[2]. Scope, range, play, margin, free play, full play, elbow room.

埃德蒙手打

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Oscillate, dangle, wave, vibrate

ANT:Be_stationary

埃利斯手打

解釋/意思:

v.i. to sway or wave to and fro as a body hanging in air: to move forward with swaying gait: to vibrate: to practise swinging: to turn round at anchor: to be hanged.—v.t. to move to and fro: to cause to wave or vibrate: to whirl to brandish: to cause to wheel or turn as about some point: to fix up anything so as to hang freely:—pa.t. and pa.p. swung.—n. the act of swinging: motion to and fro: a waving motion: anything suspended for swinging in: the sweep or compass of a swinging body: the sweep of a golf-club when driving: influence or power of anything put in motion: free course unrestrained liberty.—ns. Swing′-back a device for adjusting the plate-holder of a camera at any desired angle; Swing′boat a boat-shaped carriage swung from a frame in use for swinging in at fairs &c.; Swing′-bridge a bridge that may be moved aside by swinging at the mouth of docks &c.; Swing′-churn a churn-box so hung as to be worked by oscillation; Swing′er; Swing′-han′dle a pivoted handle of any utensil esp. a bail or other arched handle; Swing′ing the act of moving back and forth esp. the pastime of moving in a swing.—adj. having a free easy motion.—n. Swing′ing-boom the spar which stretches the foot of a lower studding-sail.—adv. Swing′ingly in a swinging-manner.—ns. Swing′ing-post the post to which a gate is hung; Swing′ism a form of intimidation common in England about 1830-33 which consisted mainly in sending letters signed 'Swing' or 'Captain Swing' to farmers ordering them under threats to give up threshing-machines &c.; Swing′-mō′tion a mechanism in the truck of a railway carriage &c. permitting swaying from side to side; Swing′-pan a sugar-pan with spout pivoted so that it may be emptied by tipping; Swing′-plough a plough without a fore-wheel under the beam; Swing′-shelf a hanging shelf; Swing′-stock an upright timber with a blunt edge at top over which flax was beaten by the swingle—also Swing′ing-block; Swing′-swang a complete oscillation.—adj. swinging drawling.—ns. Swing′-tā′ble a moveable bed on which plate-glass is cemented for polishing; Swing′-tool a holder swinging on horizontal centres on which work is fastened so as to hold flat against the face of a file; Swing′-tree,=Swingle-tree (q.v.); Swing′-trot a swinging trot; Swing′-wheel the wheel that drives a clock pendulum corresponding to the balance-wheel in a watch."

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