swim
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 游泳，漂浮，潮流，眩晕
- vi.
- 游泳，游，漂浮，浸，覆盖，充溢，大量拥有，旋转，眩晕
- vt.
- 游过，使浮起
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 swymmen
- 继承自 ←古英语 swimman “to swim, float”
- 继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *swimman
- 继承自 ←原始日耳曼语 *swimmaną “to swim”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *swem(bʰ)- “to be unsteady, move, swim”
词源说明
From Middle English swymmen, from Old English swimman (“to swim, float”) (class III strong verb; past tense swamm, past participle geswummen), from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, move, swim”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- (intransitive) To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.
- (intransitive) To move around freely because of excess space.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, uncommon) To cause to swim.
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English swime, sweme, swaime (“a dizziness, swoon, trance”), from Old English swīma (“a swoon, swimming in the head”). Cognate with Swedish svimma (“to swoon, faint”) and Danish svime (“to swoon, faint”) / Danish besvime (“to swoon, faint”).