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swish

/swish/US // swɪʃ //UK // (swɪʃ) //

挥动,唰,挥舞,摆动

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
    • : to rustle, as silk.
    • : to move or behave in an exaggeratedly effeminate manner.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to flourish, whisk, etc., with a swishing movement or sound: to swish a cane.
    • : to bring, take, cut, etc., with such a movement or sound: to swish off the tops of plants with a cane.
    • : to flog or whip.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a swishing movement or sound.
    • : a stock or rod for flogging or a stroke with this.
    • : Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to an effeminate gay man.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. swishy.
    • : Chiefly British Informal. stylishly elegant; fashionable.

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Examples

  • Place them in a bowl and cover with very cold water, using your hands to swish them around.

  • Henry launched a lid-lifting three-point shot from out front on the first possession, and it swished.

  • Ever an overachiever, I swished it around about 20 times, and it tickled.

  • Imagine if the swishing threads inside your jeans pocket could charge your cell phone.

  • Star center Nikola Jokić’s one-legged, leaning fadeaways, which nearly touch the rafters before swishing through, would get the “Sport Science” treatment.

  • SB Nation and their Swish Appeal site do a pretty bang-up job, as well.

  • Odds are, you expected Jackson to swish all three, but first freebie dribbled off the front of the rim and suddenly, hope renewed!

  • In Kavala Graha, you use a smaller amount of oil, swish between the teeth, and gargle at the back of the throat.

  • Caldecott says that if you swish oil for too long, you could accidentally breathe some into your lungs.

  • Swish it, especially around the cheeks and upper palate, and pull it through your teeth.

  • The swish of a skirt seemed ridiculously loud in the hush, and the scratching of the judge's quill pen was noisily irritating.

  • "Here's Kitty," said the maker of mineral waters, as there was the swish of a skirt at the door.

  • Suddenly they parted, with quick swish and rapid rustling of leaves, and the next moment appeared a wonderful vision.

  • Three sounds of increase: the lowing of a cow in milk; the din of a smithy; the swish of a plough.

  • Suddenly we heard the swish of a dress behind, and turned, conscience-stricken, though we had in nothing sinned.