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V-ERG
(使)擺動;(使)搖擺;(使)搖蕩
If something swings or if you swing it, it moves repeatedly backwards and forwards or from side to side from a fixed point.
例句
The sail of the little boat swung crazily from one side to the other...
小船的帆猛烈地左右搖擺著。
She was swinging a bottle of wine by its neck...
她正握著瓶頸搖晃一瓶葡萄酒。
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V-ERG
(使)成弧線運動;(使)轉動;(使)轉彎
If something swings in a particular direction or if you swing it in that direction, it moves in that direction with a smooth, curving movement.
例句
The torchlight swung across the little beach and out over the water, searching...
手電筒的光在小海灘上掃過，而后照向水面搜索著。
The canoe found the current and swung around...
獨木舟遇上急流后直打轉。
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V-ERG
(使)急轉彎;(使)突然轉向
If a vehicle swings in a particular direction, or if the driver swings it in a particular direction, they turn suddenly in that direction.
例句
Joanna swung back on to the main approach and headed for the airport...
喬安娜猛地調轉車頭回到主路上，朝機場開去。
The tyres dug into the grit as he swung the car off the road.
當他一個急轉彎把車駛離馬路時，輪胎陷進了沙子里。
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VERB
(通常指人因受驚)急轉身
If someone swings around, they turn around quickly, usually because they are surprised.
例句
She swung around to him, spilling her tea without noticing it.
她一下子轉身面向他，茶水濺了出來都沒注意到。
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VERB
(揮動手臂等)朝…打去;朝…揮擊;揮向
If you swing at a person or thing, you try to hit them with your arm or with something that you are holding.
例句
Blanche swung at her but she moved her head back and Blanche missed...
布蘭奇揮手朝她打去，但她頭向后一閃，布蘭奇沒有打到。
I picked up his baseball bat and swung at the man's head.
我撿起他的棒球棒朝那個人的頭打去。
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N-COUNT
秋千
A swing is a seat hanging by two ropes or chains from a metal frame or from the branch of a tree. You can sit on the seat and move forwards and backwards through the air.
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N-UNCOUNT
搖擺樂(流行于 20 世紀 30 年代的爵士舞曲)
Swing is a style of jazz dance music that was popular in the 1930's. It was played by big bands.
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N-COUNT
(意見、態度或感情的)改變;(尤指)突變，巨變
A swing in people's opinions, attitudes, or feelings is a change in them, especially a sudden or big change.
例句
There was a massive twenty per cent swing away from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats...
出現了一個巨大轉變:多達20％的人由支持保守黨轉而支持自由民主黨。
Educational practice is liable to sudden swings and changes...
教學實踐中經常會出現突然的變化與改革。
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VERB
(意見、態度或感情)改變;(尤指)突然轉變，完全改變
If people's opinions, attitudes, or feelings swing, they change, especially in a sudden or extreme way.
例句
In two years' time there is a presidential election, and the voters could swing again...
總統選舉在兩年后舉行，屆時選民們可能會再次倒向另一方。
The mood amongst Tory MPs seems to be swinging away from their leader.
保守黨議員似乎正在疏遠他們的領袖。
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N-COUNT
(政治家等的)巡回,巡視,巡游
If someone such as a politician makes a swing through a particular country or area, they go on a quick trip through it, visiting a number of different places.
例句
...a campaign swing through South Dakota and Texas.
在南達科他州和得克薩斯州的巡回競選活動
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PHRASE
在熱烈進行中;處于興盛階段
If something is in full swing, it is operating fully and is no longer in its early stages.
例句
When we returned, the party was in full swing and the dance floor was crowded...
我們回來時，聚會已進入高潮，舞池里擠滿了人。
The international rugby season is in full swing.
國際橄欖球賽季正如火如荼地進行著。
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PHRASE
融入;完全投入;對…樂在其中
If you get into the swing of something, you become very involved in it and enjoy what you are doing.
例句
Everyone understood how hard it was to get back into the swing of things after such a long absence.
每個人都知道這么長時間不在，再重新完全融入進來有多難。
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PHRASE
熱鬧有趣;氣氛熱烈
If you say that something is going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
例句
Sara Lewis' impressive recipes are guaranteed to make the party go with a swing.
薩拉·劉易斯令人贊不絕口的食譜一定能使聚會的氣氛熱烈非凡。
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PHRASE
有得必有失
If you say that a situation is swings and roundabouts, you mean that there are as many gains as there are losses.