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swim

swɪm verb

1

MOVE THROUGH WATER

在水里移动

to move yourself through water using your arms and legs 游水，游泳; 游过 I,T

We swam in the chilly water.

我们在冰冷的水里游泳。

[+ around/across etc ]

She could swim across the lake.

她能游到湖对岸去。

Let’s go swimming this afternoon.

今天下午我们游泳去吧。

kids learning to swim the backstroke

学习仰泳的孩子们

She was the first woman to swim the Channel.

她是第一个游过英吉利海峡的女性。

2

WATER ANIMALS

水中的动物

when fish, ducks etc swim, they move around the water using their tails and FINS , their feet etc 〔鱼、鸭子等在水里〕游动 I always + adv/prep

Tropical fish swam slowly around in the tank.

热带鱼在鱼缸里慢慢地游来游去。

3

NOT THINKING/SEEING PROPERLY

思维/视觉不清

a. if your head swims, you start to feel confused or that everything is spinning around b. if something you are looking at swims, it seems to be moving around, usually because you are ill, tired, or drunk 〔一般因生病、疲劳或醉酒而觉得眼前物体〕晃动，旋转 I

My head was swimming after looking at that screen all day.

我盯着那块屏幕看了一整天后觉得头昏眼花。

The numbers swam before my eyes.

那些数字在我眼前旋转。

4

be swimming in sth

to be covered by a lot of liquid 浸（泡）在某物里

potatoes swimming in thick gravy

浸在浓稠肉汁里的马铃薯

5

swim against the tide/current etc

to do or say things which are different from what most people do or say, because you do not mind being different 反潮流，不随大溜;

noun

6 a period of time that you spend swimming 游泳

Let’s go for a swim .

我们游泳去吧。

7

in the swim (of things)

knowing about and involved in what is happening in a particular situation [非正式] 了解并融入某种形势的; 不脱离潮流的 informal