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You can picture one thing fixed at the top and the rest of it free to sweep through the air — a rope tied to a branch, a door on its hinge, your arm hanging from your shoulder. It travels in a curved arc, often back and forth, never breaking away from that anchor point. Almost every other meaning of swing is this one arc : a fast turn, a hit, a mood that flips from one side to the other.

可以想成一端被固定住、另一端在空中自由劃過去的東西：綁在樹枝上的繩子、裝在鉸鏈上的門、從肩膀垂下來的手臂。它走的是一…更多收起可以想成一端被固定住、另一端在空中自由劃過去的東西：綁在樹枝上的繩子、裝在鉸鏈上的門、從肩膀垂下來的手臂。它走的是一道弧線，常常來回擺盪，卻始終沒有脫離那個固定點。swing 後面幾乎所有意思，都是把這一道弧線拿來重複使用——快速一轉、一揮打過去、心情從這一邊倒向那一邊。

原始詞典資料38 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Swingname

  • 1

    A surname.

swingverb/ˈswɪŋ/

  • 1

    To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

    • The plant swung in the breeze.
    • With one accord the tribe swung rapidly toward the frightened cries, and there found Terkoz holding an old female by the hair and beating her unmercifully with his great hands.
  • 2

    To dance.

  • 3

    To ride on a swing.

    • The children laughed as they swung.
  • 4

    lifestylesexsexualityTo participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.

    • We find it difficult to meet couples our age, and often swing with single, straight men. We have rules: no married guys cheating on their wives, no one too young or too old, and no one who supports Trump.
    • My husband wasn’t so lucky and didn’t get to swing at all so was very disappointed. I’m desperate to do it all again but he’s not so keen.
  • 5

    To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.

    • “It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!” Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts.
  • 6

    ball-gamescricketgames(of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.

  • 7

    ball-gamescricketgamesTo move sideways in its trajectory.

  • 8

    To fluctuate or change.

    • It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.
另外 12 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.

    • He swung his sword as hard as he could.
  • 10

    To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.

  • 11

    slangTo make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.

    • If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.
  • 12

    entertainmentlifestylemusicTo play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.

  • 13

    boxinggovernmenthobbiesTo move one's arm in a punching motion.

  • 14

    In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.

    • "to swing one's partner", or simply "to swing"
  • 15

    engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.

    • The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
  • 16

    businesscarpentryconstructionTo put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.

  • 17

    nauticaltransportTo turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.

    • A ship swings with the tide.
  • 18

    To turn in a different direction.

    • Soon after departure, we cross the invisible border into Scotland to enjoy more stunning coastal scenery, before the line finally swings inland at Burnmouth to traverse pine-clad valleys, shadowed by the A1 trunk road until we rejoin the coast at Cove, east of Dunbar.
  • 19

    To be sexually oriented.

    • swing both ways
    • "The Jumping Place," the second play we did, was directed by the author, and the whole cast of seven was straight. We don't ask when somebody comes here how they swing, only that they commit themselves to the principles of the theatre.
  • 20

    To engage in sexual activity with a man (specifically, with his penis)

    • She couldn't wait to get out of the restaurant with him, so she could take him back to her place and swing on his dick all night.

swingnoun/ˈswɪŋ/

  • 1

    The act, or an instance, of swinging.

    • For a time he kept to the ground, but finally, discovering no spoor indicative of nearby meat, he took to the trees. With the first dizzy swing from tree to tree all the old joy of living swept over him. Vain regrets and dull heartache were forgotten. Now was he living. Now, indeed, was the true happiness of perfect freedom his.
  • 2

    The manner in which something is swung.

    • He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.
    • Door swing indicates direction the door opens.
  • 3

    The sweep or compass of a swinging body.

  • 4

    A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.

  • 5

    A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.

    • To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
    • A German court has ruled that a landlord was within her rights to evict a man for persistently using a squeaky swing set as a sex prop in his flat late at night.
  • 6

    An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.

  • 7

    entertainmentlifestylemusicThe genre of music associated with this dance style.

    • It makes no diff'rence / if it's sweet or hot. / Just give that rhythm / ev'rything you've got! / It don't mean a thing / if it ain't got that swing.
  • 8

    The amount of change towards or away from something.

    • Miss Pole came round with a swing to as vehement a belief in the sorrowful tale as she had been sceptical before […]
另外 9 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    governmentpoliticsThe amount of change towards or away from something.

    • The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.
  • 10

    ball-gamescricketgamesSideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.

  • 11

    Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

  • 12

    entertainmentlifestyletheaterIn a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.

    • I started as a swing. I mostly played Joanne and Mrs. Jefferson, the “Seasons of Love” soloist. I closed it out. So I was there for about the last four or five years.
  • 13

    A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.

  • 14

    The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.

    • Jesus' finishing has been one of the main concerns - since the start of last season the 23-year-old has underperformed his Premier League expected goals tally by 6.97goals ^([sic]) (in short, he has scored seven fewer goals than would be expected from the chances presented to him). In contrast, Haaland is overperforming by 6.83 goals since joining Dortmund, which is almost a 14-goal swing between the pair.
  • 15

    obsoleteFree course; unrestrained liberty.

    • Take thy swing.
    • To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle on the full swing of his genius.
  • 16

    Influence or power of anything put in motion.

  • 17

    boxinggovernmenthobbiesA type of hook with the arm more extended.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。