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
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.
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