swim
noun · verbA1- Tiếng Việt:
- bơi lội
bơi lội. Họ từ SWIM — danh từ: swimmer, swimming; động từ: swim.
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- 2.
(intransitive)To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.
swimming in self-pity
a bare few bits of meat swimming in watery sauce
- 3.
(intransitive)To move around freely because of excess space.
- 4.
(transitive)To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool.
I want to swim the 200-yard breaststroke in the finals.
- 5.
(transitive, uncommon)To cause to swim.
to swim a horse across a river
Half of the guinea pigs were swum daily.
- 6.
(archaic, intransitive)To float.
sink or swim
There's oil swimming on the water.
- 7.
(intransitive)To be overflowed or drenched.
- 8.
(transitive)To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
to swim wheat in order to select seed
- 9.
(historical, transitive)To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
- 10.
(intransitive)To glide along with a waving motion.
- 11.
(intransitive)To have a great quantity of something.
You should be swimming in money after this job.
- 12.
(intransitive)To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
An act or instance of swimming.
I'm going for a swim.
She had a quick swim in the bay.
- 2.
The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
- 3.
(UK)A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- 4.
A dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.
- 5.
(figuratively)(figurative) The flow of events; being in the swim of things.
- 6.
A dizziness; swoon.
- 7.
(Internet, abbreviation, alt of, no plural)(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums.
Cụm từ thường dùng
swim in
giới từ đi kèm
swim across
giới từ đi kèm
go swimming
cụm thông dụng
swimming pool
cụm thông dụng
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From Middle English swymmen, from Old English swimman (to swim, float) (class III strong verb; past tense swamm, past participle geswummen), from *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (to swim), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (to be unsteady, move, swim).