Word · Frequency #3038
swam
游泳;游(某种距离、泳姿或比赛)
swam is the past of swim (irregular).
核心释义
to move through water using your body; to swim a particular distance, stroke, or event
- 1.
在水中移动,不触底;以自然方式在水中推进自己。
To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- 2.
感到眩晕或天旋地转;有旋转感或看似旋转。
To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
- 3.
浸入或仿佛浸入液体中,或被液体淹没或仿佛被淹没。
To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.
- 4.
因空间过大而自由移动。
To move around freely because of excess space.
- 5.
通过游泳穿越(特定水域或距离);或使用特定泳姿;或参加特定游泳比赛。
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.
- 6.
被淹没或浸透。
To be overflowed or drenched.
- 7.
浸入水中使较轻的部分浮起。
To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
- 8.
以波浪状动作滑行。
To glide along with a waving motion.
- 9.
拥有大量某物。
To have a great quantity of something.
眩晕;感到天旋地转;充满;淹没;浸泡;(因空间过大而)松动;自由移动;飘动;摆动;浸洗;浸泡(以使轻的部分浮起)
用法In use
Every morning before work, she swims twenty laps in the pool.
用法提示:swims 是 swim 的第三人称单数形式,表示在水中游动。
We swam to the island and then rested on the warm sand.
用法提示:swam 是 swim 的过去式,描述过去在水中游动的动作。
If the water is calm, I like to swim after dinner.
用法提示:swim 用原形与 like to 搭配,表示游泳这项活动。
swim across/through sth
表示游过某片水域或穿过某段距离,后接 across/through + 地点名词。
They swam across the lake.
他们游过了湖。
swim + a distance / a stroke / a race
swim 作及物动词,后接距离、泳姿或比赛名称,表示游完某段距离或参加某项游泳项目。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- swim across
- 游过
- She swam across the river.她游过了河。
- swim laps
- 游几个来回
- He swims laps in the pool every morning.他每天早上在游泳池里游几个来回。
- make one's head swim
- 让人头晕目眩
- The roller coaster made my head swim.过山车让我头晕目眩。
- be swimming in
- 拥有大量;充满
- After the lottery, they were swimming in money.中彩票后,他们腰缠万贯。
- swim freestyle
- 游自由泳
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象s是水花,w是连绵波浪,i是泳者,m是水纹:人入水激起波纹,即swim(游泳)。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:体育与休闲、日常健康交流、书面叙述 该词通常为中性,适用于口语和书面语。表示‘游泳’时多用于运动、健身或休闲场合;表示‘眩晕’时比较常见于日常口头描述身体状况。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常与介词in连用,表示在水中游泳。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like him, slim, trim, brim, dim, and gym rhyme with "swim" (/ɪm/). Beware lookalikes: "swam" (/swæm/) and "swing" (/swɪŋ/) start like "swim" but have different vowel or final sounds.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.