swim /swɪm/ CET4 TEM4 ( swimming, swam, swum, swims )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When you swim, you move through water by making movements with your arms and legs. 游泳

  例：

  She learned to swim when she was really tiny.

  她很小就学会了游泳。

  例：

  He was rescued only when an exhausted friend swam ashore.

  当一个精疲力尽的朋友游上岸时，他才得救。

  例：

  I swim a mile a day.

  我每天游一英里。

• 2. 

  N-SING Swim is also a noun. 游泳

  例：

  When can we go for a swim?

  我们什么时候可以去游泳？

• 3. 

  V-T If you swim a race, you take part in a swimming race. 参加游泳比赛

  例：

  She swam the 400 metres medley.

  她参加了400米混合泳比赛。

• 4. 

  V-T If you swim a stretch of water, you keep swimming until you have crossed it. 游过 (一段水域)

  例：

  By the time we reached the other side, Maram vowed that he would never swim a river again.

  我们到河对岸时，马拉姆发誓说他再也不游泳渡河了。

• 5. 

  V-I When a fish swims, it moves through water by moving its body. (鱼) 游水

  例：

  The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream.

  这些障碍物对于逆流而上的鱼来说是致命的。

• 6. 

  V-I If your head is swimming, you feel unsteady and slightly ill. 头晕

  例：

  The musty aroma of incense made her head swim.

  熏香的霉味令她头晕。

• 7. 

  sink or swim →see sink