swoon

Word family adjectiveswoonednounswooningswoonadverbswooningly

swoon /swuːn/ verb [intransitiveI]

1 EXCITEDto be extremely excited and unable to control yourself because you admire someone so much 〔对某人〕神魂颠倒

swoon over

crowds of teenage girls swooning over pop stars

一群群痴迷流行乐歌星的少女

2. old-fashionedUNCONSCIOUS to fall to the ground because you have been affected by an emotion or shock 晕倒，昏倒 SYN faint

—swoon noun [singular]

Examples from the Corpus

swoon• She tried to swoon, feeling she must, but nothing happened, except another kiss, and strange dreadful weakness.• The characteristic art nouveau line coiled and climbed like smoke, sobbed and swooned like Arab violins.• Investors continue to swoon over Cisco, considered one of the dominant vendors of high-end networking equipment.• The nuns did not exactly swoon over me when I volunteered.• Lucy had the decency and zest of a boarding school prefect, the kind the Lower Third would swoon over.

swoon over• Everyone from young girls to aged grandmothers swooned over Elvis.

Origin swoon

(1300-1400) swown “to swoon” ((13-19 centuries)), from Old English geswogen “made sick or unconscious”

单词	swoon
释义	swoon Word family adjectiveswoonednounswooningswoonadverbswooningly swoon /swuːn/ verb [intransitiveI] 1 EXCITEDto be extremely excited and unable to control yourself because you admire someone so much 〔对某人〕神魂颠倒 swoon over crowds of teenage girls swooning over pop stars 一群群痴迷流行乐歌星的少女 2. old-fashionedUNCONSCIOUS to fall to the ground because you have been affected by an emotion or shock 晕倒，昏倒 SYN faint —swoon noun [singular] Examples from the Corpus swoon• She tried to swoon, feeling she must, but nothing happened, except another kiss, and strange dreadful weakness.• The characteristic art nouveau line coiled and climbed like smoke, sobbed and swooned like Arab violins.• Investors continue to swoon over Cisco, considered one of the dominant vendors of high-end networking equipment.• The nuns did not exactly swoon over me when I volunteered.• Lucy had the decency and zest of a boarding school prefect, the kind the Lower Third would swoon over. swoon over• Everyone from young girls to aged grandmothers swooned over Elvis. Origin swoon (1300-1400) swown “to swoon” ((13-19 centuries)), from Old English geswogen “made sick or unconscious”
随便看	Tax-topic withholding tax Tax-topic withholding tax tax with tax-year tax year taxyear tax years tax–sheltered taylor,-a-j-p Taylor, A J P taylor,-damilola Taylor, Damilola taylor,damilola taylor,-elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth taylor,elizabeth taylor,-graham Taylor, Graham taylor,graham taylor,-lawrence Taylor, Lawrence taylor,lawrence taylor,-phil Taylor, Phil taylor,phil