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单词 swap
释义
swap
verb[IorT]
(alsoUKswop-pp-)
uk
/swɒp/us
/swɑːp/
-pp-
C1
to give something and be given somethingelseinstead:
交换，交易
When you'vefinishedreadingyourbook, and I'vefinishedmine, can we swap?我们看完各自的书之后交换一下好吗?
We swappedaddresseswiththepeoplewemetonholiday.我们与度假时认识的人交换了地址。
When he got ajobin abank, he had to swap hisjeansandT-shirtforasuit(= he had towearformalclothesinsteadofinformalones).他找到一份银行的工作后，就不得不脱下牛仔裤和T恤衫，改穿西装了。
[+ two objects]I'll swap you mychocolatebarforyourpeanuts.我拿我的巧克力换你的花生。
Wespenttheeveningswapping(=tellingeach other)stories/jokes.我们整晚都在轮流讲故事／笑话。
Synonyms
exchange
trade(EXCHANGE)
More examples
  • Would youmindswapping thoseplatesover?
  • We swappedhousesduring the children'sschoolholidays.
  • Do youwantto swapplaces?
  • If youprefertositnext to Chris, I'll swapseatswith you.
  • They've swappedtheiroldcarfor a muchlargerone.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Replacing and exchanging
  • alternate
  • alternatively
  • bargainsomethingaway
  • change over
  • instead
  • instead of
  • lieu
  • make up forsomething
  • name
  • rep
  • represent
  • shoe
  • sing
  • someone'sanswer tosomeone/somethingidiom
  • spare
  • step
  • step intosomeone'sshoesidiom
  • step into the breachidiom
  • sub outsomething
  • substitution
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swap
noun[C]
(UKalsoswop)
uk
/swɒp/us
/swɑːp/
anexchange, or something that is going to be or has beenexchanged:
交换（物），交易（物）
IthoughtSam'slunchlookedbetterthan mine, so wedid aswap.我觉得萨姆的午餐看起来比我的更可口，所以我们交换了一下。
UKThiscomicis a swap(= something that wasexchanged)that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。
Synonyms
exchange(GIVING AND GETTING)
trade
Compare
barternoun
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Replacing and exchanging
  • alternate
  • alternatively
  • bargainsomethingaway
  • change over
  • instead
  • instead of
  • lieu
  • make up forsomething
  • name
  • rep
  • represent
  • shoe
  • sing
  • someone'sanswer tosomeone/somethingidiom
  • spare
  • step
  • step intosomeone'sshoesidiom
  • step into the breachidiom
  • sub outsomething
  • substitution
See more results »
(Definition ofswapfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

swap| American Dictionary

swap
verb[I/T]
infml
us
/swɑp/
-pp-
toexchangeone thing for another:
[T]The twocomputerscaneasilyswapdata.

swap

noun[C]us
/swɑp/
Theyproposedastraightswap offoodfortools.
(Definition ofswapfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

swap| Business English

swap
verb[T]
(UKalsoswop)
uk
/swɒp/us
-pp-
FINANCE
toexchangeoneinvestmentfor another:
Lendersagreedto swappartof Eurotunnel's £8.8billiondebtforshares.
FINANCE
toexchangepaymentson aloanin onecurrencyfor those in another:
Thecountywill swapitsvariable-rateinterestpaymentsfor thecertaintyof afixedratepayment.
toexchangesomething you have for somethingelse:
Johnand Marlaagreedto swapoffices.
swap sth for sthMostconsumerssaid they wouldn't swap theproductfor acheaperown-labelbrand.
swap sth with sbDo youwantto swapseatswith me?
swap
noun[C]
(UKalsoswop)
uk
/swɒp/us
FINANCE
asituationin which oneinvestmentisexchangedfor another:
Manyinvestorscarryoutdebt-for-equityswaps.
FINANCE
asituationin whichpaymentson aloanin onecurrencyareexchangedfor those in another:
Afirmthatwantsa USdollarloancanarrangewith afirmthatwantsafloatingrateYenloanfor aninterestrateswap.
asituationin which someoneexchangessomething they have for somethingelse:
Herbosssuggestedthey do ajobswapfor aday.

See also

currency swap
debt-equity swap
interest rate swap
credit default swap
(Definition ofswapfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofswap

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Impressive credit facilities and extensive swaps were unlikely to be any substitute for policy changes, particularly by the weaker currencies.
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They worried that the ad hoc bilateral swaps and credit lines were not a stable enough solution to chronic payments imbalances.
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As earlier noted, lifetime annuity swaps utilize fixed interest pricing to provide a benchmarking or price setting function2 for private sector annuity schemes.
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We swapped phones, pretended to be other people.
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Instead, it advocated a system of bilateral short-term currency swaps to support exchange rates against market pressure.
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There is mainly local coupling between grid points, and as a result relatively low communication overheads, consisting primarily of end swaps between the adjacent processors.
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Variable lifetime reinvested coupon options and annuity swaps utilize market pricing to provide unambiguous pricing benchmarks and a necessary underpinning of lifecycle planning certainty.
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Because of the nature of mathematical expressions, parsing order is important, and swapping order of some child nodes would result in a mathematically different expression.
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Supporters of debt-for-nature swaps argue that these programs provide a financing mechanism and an incentive for long-run protection of tropical rainforests.
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The novelty is that in the program representation of the mapping the roles of an index and a value are swapped.
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Intermediates control domain swapping during folding of p13suc1.
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Each action comes with its opposite, obtained by swapping the polarity.
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Swapping all votes for 1 and 1 implies that the collective choice is swapped correspondingly.
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The portion of the strings to the right of the dividing point then is swapped, creating two new strings: 01010001 11100111.
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Using annuity swaps is a rearrangement of certain cash flows.
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