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swim
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(-mm-; pt swam , pp swum )
1
(a) [I, Ipr, Ip]
move the body through water by using arms, legs, fins, tail, etc游水; 游泳: Fish swim. 鱼会游水.
Let´s go swimming. 咱们去游泳吧.
swim on one´s back 仰泳
When the ship sank we had to swim for it, ie save ourselves by swimming. 船沉时我们不得不游泳逃生.
swim underwater, upstream, across, ashore 潜泳、 逆水而游、 游泳横渡、 游上岸.
(b) [Tn] use particular movements to do this 用某姿势游泳
swim breast-stroke, back-stroke, crawl, etc 游蛙泳、 仰泳、 爬泳等.
2
(a) [Tn, Tn.pr]
cover a distance by swimming 游（一段距离）
swim a mile, race, river 游一英里、 比赛游泳、 游过河
swim two lengths of the pool 在游泳池中游一个来回
swim the Channel 泅渡英吉利海峡.
(b) [no passive 不用於被动语态
Tn.pr, Tn.p]
cause (an animal) to do this 使（动物）游水
She swam her horse across (the river). 她使马游水过河.
3 (usu in the continuous tenses 通常用於进行时态)
(a) [I, Ipr] ~ (with sth) be flooded or overflowing (with liquid) 被淹; 溢
Her eyes were swimming (with tears). 她泪眼汪汪.
The bathroom floor was swimming with water. 浴室的地面上都是水.
(b) [Ipr] ~ in sth be covered with liquid as if floating in it 浸於液体中; 泡
meat swimming in gravy 浸在浓汁中的肉.
4
(a) [I, Ipr] seem to be whirling 似在旋转
The room swam before his eyes/around him. 他感觉房间好像在他眼前[在他周围]旋转.
(b) [I] have a dizzy feeling 感到眩晕; 发晕
The whisky made his head swim. 他喝了威士忌感到头晕目眩.
My brain swam at the complexity of the calculations. 这种复杂的计算搞得我头昏眼花.
5 (idm 习语) sink or swim => sink1. swim, n
1 action or period of swimming 游泳: go for a swim 去游泳
I only had two swims last year. 去年我只游泳两次.
2 (idm 习语) in/out of the `swim (infml 口) aware or involved/not aware or involved in what is going on 了解或介入[不了解或不介入]当前情况
Although I´m retired, voluntary work keeps me in the swim (of things). 我虽已退休, 但仍做些义务工作, 以便了解当前的情势.
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