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。
游泳；游（某种距离、泳姿或比赛）
swims — third person singular of swim
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）
to move through water using your body; to swim a particular distance, stroke, or event
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.
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.
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.
因空间过大而自由移动。
To move around freely because of excess space.
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.
被淹没或浸透。
To be overflowed or drenched.
浸入水中使较轻的部分浮起。
To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
以波浪状动作滑行。
To glide along with a waving motion.
拥有大量某物。
To have a great quantity of something.
一般现在时
I swim every day.
我每天游泳。
一般过去时
She swam across the lake yesterday.
她昨天游过了湖。
现在完成时
They have swum in the ocean.
他们曾在海洋中游泳。
不规则动词：过去式 swam，过去分词 swum。
Every morning before work, she swims twenty laps in the pool.
每天上班前，她都在游泳池里游二十圈。
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.
我们游到岛上，然后在温暖的沙滩上休息。
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.
如果水面平静，我喜欢晚饭后去游泳。
用法提示：swim 用原形与 like to 搭配，表示游泳这项活动。
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 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。
She swam the 100-metre freestyle.
她游了100米自由泳。
此结构中 swim 表示“充满、充盈”，主语常为 eyes，with 后接 tears、water 等液体名词。
Her eyes swam with tears.
她双眼含泪。
表示眩晕感，主语多为 head，也可用 the room swam 表示“房间好像在旋转”。
My head swam after the roller coaster.
坐完过山车后我头晕目眩。
主要用于英式英语，强调在户外水域里泡水消遣，不常带“游过某段距离”或“游到某处”的宾语；比 swim 正式或陈旧一些。
指不加标准泳姿的、玩耍式的划水，常在水浅的地方进行；不能用于长距离或速度性游泳，后面也不接“穿过/游过”一类的宾语。
grammar · medium
易错句子I swimmed in the lake yesterday.
正确表达I swam in the lake yesterday.
swim 是不规则动词，过去式是 swam，不是加 -ed 的 swimmed；句子讲昨天发生的动作，用一般过去时 swam。
grammar · medium
易错句子She has swam across the river twice.
正确表达She has swum across the river twice.
have/has 后要用过去分词，swim 的过去分词是 swum；swam 只作过去式，不能用在完成时里。
grammar · medium
易错句子The children love to swim on the sea in summer.
正确表达The children love to swim in the sea in summer.
表示“在海里游泳”用介词 in，强调身处水中；on 表示在物体表面之上，会变成“浮在海面上”，与 swim 的动作含义不符。汉语“在……里/上”易混，此处该用 in。
本条目对应‘游泳（在水中主动游动、不触底）’这一义项；sink 指在水中向下沉没，与主动游动方向相反。
游过
She swam across the river.
她游过了河。
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。
让人头晕目眩
The roller coaster made my head swim.
过山车让我头晕目眩。
拥有大量；充满
After the lottery, they were swimming in money.
中彩票后，他们腰缠万贯。
游自由泳
She can swim freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly.
她会游自由泳、仰泳和蝶泳。
游泳最常见的场所之一。
指游泳时手臂和腿部的划水动作方式，如自由泳、蛙泳。
从岸边或跳板跳入水中的常见动作。
在贴近水面游泳时用来呼吸的工具。
负责监视游泳者安全的人员。
成败全靠自己；不自救则沉沦
With no one to help him, it was sink or swim.
没有人帮他，成败全靠他自己。
逆流而上；反潮流
She is willing to swim against the tide in her research.
她愿意在研究上反潮流。
了解并参与当前趋势；活动合拍
After a long absence, she is back in the swim.
长期缺席后，她又重新参与到当前活动中。
只要继续游泳就好。
In Finding Nemo, Dory sings “Just keep swimming” to encourage Marlin not to give up.
在《海底总动员》中，多莉唱着“只要继续游泳就好”来鼓励马林不要放弃。
Choose the next layer that will help you use swims with more confidence.
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