sway
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A rocking or swinging motion.
The old song caused a little sway in everyone in the room.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
I doubt I'll hold much sway with someone so powerful.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)Rule; dominion; control; power.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- 7.
(countable, uncountable)(automotive) The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of sweet flag (“Acorus calamus”)
Đồng nghĩa: sweet flag
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
sway to the music
The trees swayed in the breeze.
- 2.
(transitive)To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
to sway the sceptre
- 3.
(transitive)To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
Do you think you can sway their decision?
- 4.
(transitive)To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
reeds swayed by the wind
judgment swayed by passion
- 5.
(transitive)(nautical, transitive) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
to sway up the yards
- 6.
To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- 7.
To have weight or influence.
- 8.
To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
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From earlier swey (to fall, swoon), from Middle English sweyen, from Old English *swǣġan (to bend, bow), from *swaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁-