swish
verb/swɪʃ/
/swɪʃ/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they swish | /swɪʃ/ /swɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it swishes | /ˈswɪʃɪz/ /ˈswɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple swished | /swɪʃt/ /swɪʃt/ |
| past participle swished | /swɪʃt/ /swɪʃt/ |
| -ing form swishing | /ˈswɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈswɪʃɪŋ/ |
- to move quickly through the air in a way that makes a soft sound; to make something do this
唰地（或嗖地、呼地等）挥动；（使）快速空中移动 - (+ adv./prep.) A large car swished past them and turned into the embassy gates.
一辆大型轿车嗖地从他们身边驶过，拐进了大使馆的大门。 - The pony's tail swished.
小马唰唰地甩着尾巴。 - swish something (+ adv./prep.) The pony swished its tail.
小马唰唰地甩着尾巴。 - She swished her racket aggressively through the air.
她咄咄逼人地把球拍挥舞得呼呼作响。 - The cows were swishing their tails lazily.
那些奶牛懒洋洋地把尾巴甩得刷刷作响。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySwish is used with these nouns as the subject:- tail
- tail
Word Originmid 18th cent.: imitative. - (+ adv./prep.) A large car swished past them and turned into the embassy gates.