swift
英 [sw?ft]
美[sw?ft]
- n. 褐雨燕
- adj. 快的；迅速的；敏捷的；立刻的
- adv. 迅速地
- n. (Swift)人名；(英)斯威夫特
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詞態變化
復數:?swifts;副詞:?swiftly;名詞:?swiftness;
助記提示
1. sweep => swift.
2. 表現的是一種“秋風掃落葉”般的快速、迅速、敏捷。
3. 一掃而光。
2. 表現的是一種“秋風掃落葉”般的快速、迅速、敏捷。
3. 一掃而光。
中文詞源
swift 迅速的，敏捷的
來自古英語 swift,快速的，來自 Proto-Germanic*swiftaz,快速的，來自 PIE*sweip,纏繞，彎曲， 來自 PIE*swei,彎，轉，搖擺，詞源同 swing,sweep.引申諸相關詞義。
英文詞源
- swift
- swift: [OE] The etymological meaning of swift appears to be ‘moving along a course’; ‘speed’ is a secondary development. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *swei- ‘swing, bend’, which also produced English sweep, swivel [14], and the long defunct swive ‘copulate with’ (a descendant of Old English swīfan ‘move in a course’). Its use as a name for the fast-flying swallow-like bird dates from the 17th century.
=> sweep, swivel - swift (adj.)
- Old English swift "moving quickly," perhaps originally "turning quickly," from Proto-Germanic swip- (see swivel (n.)). Related: Swiftly; swiftness.
- swift (n.)
- type of bird (several species of the family Cypselid?, resembling swallows), 1660s, from swift (adj.) in reference to its swift flight. Regarded as a bird of ill-omen, if not downright demonic, probably for its shrill cry. The name earlier had been given to several small fast lizards (1520s).
雙語例句
- 1. He is very sharp, a quick thinker and swift with repartee.
- 他非常機敏，反應很快，并且能說會道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Jaegers are swift black birds with long forked tails.
- 賊鷗是飛行速度很快的黑色鳥類，尾部長而分叉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He is a stupendously swift writer.
- 他是個非常多產的作家。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. With a swift movement, Matthew Jerrold sat upright.
- 馬修·杰羅爾德迅速坐直了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The White House was swift to deny the rumours.
- 白宮立刻對這些傳言予以否認。
來自《權威詞典》