swift
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近义词： rapid,fleet,quick,hasty,expeditious,nimble,speedy,fast,agile
反义词： slow
swift词义
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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
词态变化
复数: swifts;副词: swiftly;名词: swiftness;
中文词源
swift 迅速的，敏捷的
来自古英语 swift,快速的，来自 Proto-Germanic*swiftaz,快速的，来自 PIE*sweip,缠绕，弯曲， 来自 PIE*swei,弯，转，摇摆，词源同 swing,sweep.引申诸相关词义。
swift双语例句
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- 1. He is very sharp, a quick thinker and swift with repartee.
- 他非常机敏，反应很快，并且能说会道。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Jaegers are swift black birds with long forked tails.
- 贼鸥是飞行速度很快的黑色鸟类，尾部长而分叉。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He is a stupendously swift writer.
- 他是个非常多产的作家。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. With a swift movement, Matthew Jerrold sat upright.
- 马修·杰罗尔德迅速坐直了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The White House was swift to deny the rumours.
- 白宫立刻对这些传言予以否认。
来自《权威词典》
swift英文词源
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- 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 Cypselidæ, 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).
swift实用场景例句
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- swift action
- 迅速的行动
牛津词典
- a swift decision
- 迅即作出的决定
牛津词典
- The White House was swift to deny the rumours.
- 白宫立刻对这些传言予以否认。
牛津词典
- a swift current
- 湍急的水流
牛津词典
- a swift runner
- 跑得飞快的人
牛津词典
- She moved swiftly to the rescue.
- 她迅速赶来营救。
牛津词典
- Our task is to challenge the UN to make a swift decision...
- 我们的任务是敦促联合国快速做出决策。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The police were swift to act.
- 警方行动迅速。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- With a swift movement, Matthew Jerrold sat upright.
- 马修· 杰罗尔德迅速坐直了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The landing is both swift and sure.
- 落地既快又稳.
期刊摘选
- He is swift with his judgments.
- 他判断迅速.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The domestic electronic payment is assuming the geometry numerical expression swift growth.
- 国内电子支付正呈几何数式地快速增长.
期刊摘选
- He made a remarkably swift recovery.
- 他康复得相当快.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is as swift of foot as a hare.
- 他跑得像兔子一样快.
《简明英汉词典》
- Swept along by the swift current, he was in imminent danger of going over the falls.
- 他被急流冲走, 跌入瀑布的危险已迫在眉睫.
《用法词典》
- A brave fellow is as good as his words, a swift horse needs no spurring.
- 好汉一言, 快马一鞭.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- She is swift to anger.
- 她爱生气.
《简明英汉词典》
- A swift change is longed for, but unlikely.
- 人们期盼着更快的变化, 但不太可能.
《简明英汉词典》
- The current is swift.
- 水流湍急.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The flood roared on, swift and violent.
- 水势迅猛异常.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He gave them a swift glance.
- 他迅速地朝他们瞥了一眼.
《简明英汉词典》
- He has a swift wit.
- 他有急智.
《简明英汉词典》
- He plunged into the swift current and rescued one child after another.
- 他纵身跳进了激流,救起了一个又一个孩子.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- In the swift the day before that year's wheat harvest, a rainstorm threatened.
- 在那一年麦收的前一天, 一场暴雨眼看就要来临.
《简明英汉词典》
- A swift clap of thunder woke me.
- 一阵突然的雷鸣把我惊醒.
《简明英汉词典》
- Light and shade come in swift alternation ; Days and months flash by as quickly as a weaver's shuttle.
- 光阴似箭,日月如梭.
《现代汉英综合大词典》