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swither

/swith-er/US // ˈswɪð ər //UK // (ˈswɪðər) Scot //

漩涡,摆动,漩涡式,摆动器

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British Dialect.

    • : a state of confusion, excitement, or perplexity.

Examples

  • He seemed to be in a swither whether to return home, to follow ye, or to lie down and die by the road.

  • Strong cruel brutes, they did not swither a moment, but both leaped at M'Iver's throat.

  • The whole works ud be in a swither 'fore iver we'd time to ax what was comin'.

  • Meanwhile the big mother moose was thrashing around in the bushes in a terrible swither, calling her calf to come.

  • A the folk say there was nae doubt about it, and sae does my mother, but my father was aye in a swither; he thought it couldna be.