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单词 swash
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swash1

verb swɒʃswôSH
[no object]
  • 1(of water or an object in water) move with a splashing sound.

    (水,水中物体)飞溅;冲击

    the water swashed and rippled around the car wheels

    水在车轮四周飞溅。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A solid surf beats against the breakwater, swashing spray on the sidewalk vendors and strolling passers-by.
    • His shoes were dampened and were soaked under the freezing water which swashed around.
    • The first is that the crumbling dead corals swash about in the waves - not a good place for a baby coral to survive.
    • After a cacophonous ascent and destructive return to earth, it dies disconcertingly into reverberations of swashing seashore breakers, intertwined with disorientating echoes of still wailing guitars.
    • When a heavy lurch came, hot water swashed up and over, a dismal howl, and well I fancy the cook and his mate will be more careful in future!’
    Synonyms
    swash, wash, break, lap
    splashing, swashing, dashing, beating, battering
  • 2archaic (of a person) flamboyantly swagger about or wield a sword.

    〈古〉昂首阔步地到处炫耀;挥剑炫耀

    he swashed about self-confidently

    他自信地昂首阔步地四处炫耀。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ferri revealed a madcap brilliance as Katherina, while Bocca's Petruchio buckled his swashes with rare comic flamboyance.
    • Likewise ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ to distinguish from the other films in which Errol Flynn buckled swashes and stuff.
    • However, a few years on and no longer buckling a swash with his early vigour, tough battle boy Henry died of a tummy ache.
    • Doesn't mean he cannot swash or buckle or both, but it will require additional suspension of disbelief, particularly if he has a fistfight with some muscled-up 20-year old.
    Synonyms
    strut, parade, stride, roll, prance
noun swɒʃswôSH
  • 1The rush of seawater up the beach after the breaking of a wave.

    (海水在海滩上的)冲刷

    the swash tends to push shingle up the beach
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Though I could no longer see the clam, I knew it had pushed its siphon to the surface for feeding, and it occurred to me that the hydroid, by creating an eddy in the swash, might actually help the clam obtain food.
    • This is succeeded by plane-bedded sands dipping gently seaward, which are produced by the swash and backwash of the waves on the beach face.
    1. 1.1archaic The motion or sound of water dashing or washing against something.
      〈古〉水的泼溅(声);冲击(声);拍打(声)
      the swash of the sea
      Synonyms
      splashing, swashing, dashing, beating, battering

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense 'make a noise like swords clashing or beating on shields'): imitative.

Rhymes

awash, Bosch, bosh, brioche, cloche, cohosh, cosh, dosh, Foch, galosh, gosh, josh, mosh, nosh, posh, quash, slosh, splosh, squash, tosh, wash

swash2

adjective swɒʃswäSH
Printing
  • Denoting an ornamental written or printed character, typically a capital letter.

    〔印刷〕(尤指大写字母)花饰的

    italic swash caps

Origin

Late 17th century: of unknown origin.

swash1

verbswôSH
[no object]
  • 1(of water or an object in water) move with a splashing sound.

    (水,水中物体)飞溅;冲击

    the water swashed and rippled around the car wheels

    水在车轮四周飞溅。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His shoes were dampened and were soaked under the freezing water which swashed around.
    • A solid surf beats against the breakwater, swashing spray on the sidewalk vendors and strolling passers-by.
    • The first is that the crumbling dead corals swash about in the waves - not a good place for a baby coral to survive.
    • After a cacophonous ascent and destructive return to earth, it dies disconcertingly into reverberations of swashing seashore breakers, intertwined with disorientating echoes of still wailing guitars.
    • When a heavy lurch came, hot water swashed up and over, a dismal howl, and well I fancy the cook and his mate will be more careful in future!’
    Synonyms
    swash, wash, break, lap
    splashing, swashing, dashing, beating, battering
  • 2archaic (of a person) flamboyantly swagger about or wield a sword.

    〈古〉昂首阔步地到处炫耀;挥剑炫耀

    he swashed about self-confidently

    他自信地昂首阔步地四处炫耀。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ferri revealed a madcap brilliance as Katherina, while Bocca's Petruchio buckled his swashes with rare comic flamboyance.
    • However, a few years on and no longer buckling a swash with his early vigour, tough battle boy Henry died of a tummy ache.
    • Likewise ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ to distinguish from the other films in which Errol Flynn buckled swashes and stuff.
    • Doesn't mean he cannot swash or buckle or both, but it will require additional suspension of disbelief, particularly if he has a fistfight with some muscled-up 20-year old.
    Synonyms
    strut, parade, stride, roll, prance
nounswôSH
  • 1The rush of seawater up the beach after the breaking of a wave.

    (海水在海滩上的)冲刷

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is succeeded by plane-bedded sands dipping gently seaward, which are produced by the swash and backwash of the waves on the beach face.
    • Though I could no longer see the clam, I knew it had pushed its siphon to the surface for feeding, and it occurred to me that the hydroid, by creating an eddy in the swash, might actually help the clam obtain food.
    1. 1.1archaic The motion or sound of water dashing or washing against something.
      〈古〉水的泼溅(声);冲击(声);拍打(声)
      Synonyms
      splashing, swashing, dashing, beating, battering

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘make a noise like swords clashing or beating on shields’): imitative.

swash2

adjectiveswäSH
Printing
  • Denoting an ornamental written or printed character, typically a capital letter.

    〔印刷〕(尤指大写字母)花饰的

    italic swash caps

Origin

Late 17th century: of unknown origin.

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