swish

verb
🔊/swɪʃ/
🔊/swɪʃ/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they swish
🔊/swɪʃ/
🔊/swɪʃ/
he / she / it swishes
🔊/ˈswɪʃɪz/
🔊/ˈswɪʃɪz/
past simple swished
🔊/swɪʃt/
🔊/swɪʃt/
past participle swished
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🔊/swɪʃt/
-ing form swishing
🔊/ˈswɪʃɪŋ/
🔊/ˈswɪʃɪŋ/
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  1. to move quickly through the air in a way that makes a soft sound; to make something do this唰地(或嗖地、呼地等)挥动;(使)快速空中移动
    • (+ adv./prep.) A large car swished past them and turned into the embassy gates.一辆大型轿车嗖地从他们身边驶过,拐进了大使馆的大门。🔊🔊
    • The pony's tail swished.小马唰唰地甩着尾巴。🔊🔊
    • swish something (+ adv./prep.) The pony swished its tail.小马唰唰地甩着尾巴。🔊🔊
    • She swished her racket aggressively through the air.她咄咄逼人地把球拍挥舞得呼呼作响。🔊🔊
    • The cows were swishing their tails lazily.那些奶牛懒洋洋地把尾巴甩得刷刷作响。
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySwish is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • tail
    Swish is used with these nouns as the object:
    • tail
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    Word Originmid 18th cent.: imitative.

swish

noun
🔊/swɪʃ/
🔊/swɪʃ/
[singular]
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  1. the movement or soft sound made by something moving quickly, especially through the air快速的空中移动(或挥动、摆动等);(快速空中挥动等的)唰唰声,嗖嗖声,呼呼声
    • She turned away with a swish of her skirt.她转身离开,裙子发出窸窣的响声。
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: imitative.

swish

adjective
🔊/swɪʃ/
🔊/swɪʃ/
(British English, informal)
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  1. looking expensive and fashionable华贵入时的;豪华的 synonym smart
    • a swish restaurant豪华餐馆
    • Their new apartment is very swish.他们的新公寓非常豪华。
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: imitative.