swan around
collocation四处闲逛,无所事事
They spent the whole afternoon swanning around the old town.
他们整个下午都在老城区四处闲逛。
闲逛;漫游;游荡
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闲逛;漫游;游荡
to move or travel around aimlessly, idly, or casually, often without a particular destination
On weekends, we like to swan around the old town without any plan.
周末我们喜欢在老城区漫无目的地闲逛。
漫无目的地闲逛或游荡。
To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
正式宣称
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
漫无目的地游荡
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
swan
Base
原形
swans
3rd person
第三人称单数
swanning
-ing
现在分词
swanned
Past
过去式
swanned
Past participle
过去分词
He swans around the office all day.
他整天在办公室闲逛。
Yesterday, she swanned into the meeting late.
昨天,她慢悠悠地走进会议室,迟到了。
They have swanned through the countryside for hours.
他们在乡间闲逛了几个小时。
注意:swan作为动词是规则变化,但加-ed时要双写n。
She swanned into the meeting twenty minutes late as if nothing had happened.
她迟到了二十分钟才悠然走进会议室,好像什么都没发生一样。
He has been swanning about all day instead of looking for a job.
他一整天都在四处闲逛,而不是找工作。
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四处闲逛,无所事事
They spent the whole afternoon swanning around the old town.
他们整个下午都在老城区四处闲逛。
(不打招呼就)溜走去享乐
He swanned off to the beach without telling anyone.
他没告诉任何人就溜去海边了。
漫不经心地走进来
She just swanned in an hour late, as if it were normal.
她晚了一小时才漫不经心地走进来,好像这很正常。
(不顾工作等)溜走去玩
You can't just go swanning off whenever you feel like it.
你不能想走就走,溜出去玩。
四处闲逛;漫无目的地游荡
She spent the summer swanning around Europe.
她整个夏天都在欧洲四处闲逛。
闲逛;游荡
He's been swanning about town all day instead of working.
他一整天都在城里闲逛,而不是工作。
悠闲地离开;溜达着去某处
They swanned off to the south of France without telling anyone.
他们没告诉任何人就悠闲地去了法国南部。
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天鹅(swan)总在水面悠闲漂荡,漫无目的——所以动词swan意为“闲逛、游荡”。
语域:mixed 常见场景:英式非正式口语、正式书面文本 该词作“闲逛、游荡”讲时通常为英式非正式用法,多用于口语或轻松叙事;作“郑重宣称”讲时偏正式书面。整体语域会随意思变化,因此标记为混合,需根据语境判断。
作及物动词时意为‘郑重声明’,作不及物动词时意为‘闲逛’
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