swan

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n. 天鹅, 天鹅星座, 有才华的诗人 vi. 闲荡, 蜿蜒而行

发音

UK /swɒn/
US /swɑn/

词形变化

swans 复数 swans swans 三单 swanning 现在分词 swanned 过去式 swanned 过去分词

别名

swanny

教材释义与例句

名词

天鹅；天鹅星座

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.

    鹄

    天鹅

  2. 2.

    One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).

    政治 纹章
v.
  1. 1.

    To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.

    不及物
  2. 1.

    To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).

    美国 非正式 方言

词汇关系

名词

下位词 10

pen cob trumpeter black swan coscoroba cygnet mute swan trumpeter swan tundra swan whooper

部分词 1

swan's-down
动词

同义词 10

swear roll cast range wander drift stray tramp verify roam

上位词 7

go move travel sail sweep declare locomote

下位词 10

take tell hold claim assure protest declare attest gad gallivant

近义相关 4

wander drift stray err

相关短语

swan song 最后作品, 天鹅临死时的叫声 swan boat 小游艇 swan boats swan upping n. 天鹅喙标记赛会 swan upper swan dive n. <美>燕式跳水 swan hopping swan dives swan goose 鸿雁 swan geese swan shot swan mussel swan mussels swan neck deformity swan neck deformities

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂-osder. Proto-Germanic *swanaz Proto-West Germanic *swan Old English swan Middle English swan English swan From Middle English swan, from Old English swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”, literally “the singing bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂-/*swenh₂- (“to sing, make sound”). Cognate with West Frisian swan, Low German Swaan, swan, Dutch zwaan, German Schwan, Danish svane, Norwegian svane, Swedish svan. Related also to Old English ġeswin (“melody, song”), Old English swinsian (“to make melody”). Further cognates include (possibly) Russian звон (zvon, “ring, chime”); Latin sonus (“sound”), Sanskrit स्वन् (svan, “sound”). Doublet of sound.

来源：wiktionary