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- an ornamental festoon of flowers, fruit, and greenery(花朵, 水果, 草木)垂挂装饰物:
ribbon-tied swags of flowers.
丝带扎起的花朵垂饰。
1.1
- a carved or painted representation of such a festoon雕刻(或绘制的)垂花饰:
fine plaster swags.
精致的石膏垂彩。
1.2
- a curtain or piece of fabric fastened so as to hang in a drooping curve彩幕; 帷幕。
2
- mass noun informal money or goods taken by a thief or burglar〈非正式〉赃物:
garden machinery is the most popular swag.
园艺机械最受盗贼青睐。
3
- Austral. /NZ a traveller's or miner's bundle of personal belongings〈澳/新西兰〉(旅行者或矿工的)行囊。
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- Austral./NZ informal a large number or amount〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉许多; 大量:
Howard has promised me a swag of goodies.
霍华德答应过要送给我好多好吃的东西。
(swagged, swagging)with obj.
1
- arrange in or decorate with a swag or swags of fabric用垂彩装饰:
swag the fabric gracefully over the curtain tie-backs
把布优雅地垂挂到帘扣带上
as adj. swagged the swagged contours of nomads' tents.游牧帐篷上的垂彩轮廓。
2
- Austral. /NZ travel with one's personal belongings in a bundle〈澳/新西兰〉携带行囊旅行:
swagging it in Queensland
在昆士兰州背着行囊旅行
swagging my way up to the Northern Territory.
我携带行囊一路走到北部地区。
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- no obj. chiefly poetic/literary hang heavily〈主诗/文〉垂下:
the crinkly old hide swags here and there.
到处都挂着起皱的旧皮革。
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- sway from side to side摇晃:
the stout chief sat swagging from one side to the other of the carriage.
强壮的头领坐在马车上摇来晃去。
词源
Middle English (in the sense 'bulging bag'): probably of Scandinavian origin. The original sense of the verb (early 16th cent.) was 'cause to sway or sag'.