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单词 swan
释义
swan
noun[C]
uk
/swɒn/us
/swɑːn/
B2
alarge, usuallywhitebirdwith alongneckthatlivesonriversandlakes:
天鹅
Wewatchedthe swansglideby.我们看到天鹅轻快地飞过。
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More examples
  • We took somebreadtofeedthe swans.
  • Ayoungswan is called acygnet.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Birds which live by or on inland water
  • bittern
  • coot
  • corncrake
  • crane
  • cygnet
  • egret
  • flamingo
  • grebe
  • heron
  • ibis
  • kingfisher
  • moorhen
  • mute swan
  • pelican
  • pen
  • snipe
  • stork
  • wader
  • water bird
  • waterfowl
swan
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
UKinformaldisapproving
uk
/swɒn/us
/swɑːn/
-nn-
totravel,move, orbehavein arelaxedway forpleasureand withoutworryingthatothersmayfeelannoyed:
漫游，游走，闲逛，悠闲地走动
She swanned into theroom,carryingaglassofwine, taking nonoticeof thefactthat she'dkeptus allwaitingforhours.她拿着一杯葡萄酒悠然走进房间，丝毫没有注意到已经让我们等了好几个小时了。
He's been swanningaroundtheStates(=travellingand not doing anywork)allsummer.整个夏天他都在美国四处闲逛。
Compare
roam(MOVE AROUND)
wanderverb(MOVE AROUND)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Travelling
  • around Robin Hood's barnidiom
  • backpack
  • bag drop
  • bourne
  • bum
  • bum around
  • bump
  • communication
  • commuting
  • connection
  • gad about/around(somewhere)
  • hitchhike
  • move
  • negotiate
  • shuttle
  • taken
  • tootle
  • tour
  • visa
  • well travelled
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(Definition ofswanfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

swan| American Dictionary

swan
noun[C]
us
/swɑn/
any ofvarioustypesof alarge, usuallywhitebirdwith alongneckthatlivesonriversandlakes
(Definition ofswanfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofswan

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There is little existing evidence to suggest that waterfowl other than swans are affected by ingesting lead from fishing weights.
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I also understand that it applies only to swans on open water.
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However, the main source of damage to swans and cygnets is poisoning caused by lead weights discarded, or lost, by fishermen.
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Lead weights are not only the most common but the most avoidable cause of death among swans.
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Why do we have to keep her prerogative right for swans?
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I made the suggestion that in the winter, if serious disturbance were caused to the swans, the targets could be put out at sea.
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They are swanning around out there instead of being in here.
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I learn too, of the death of three swans also in the town stretch, and that a fourth is not expected to recover.
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Swans are unlike mammals in that they do not have teeth.
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I have also heard of how the herbicides and insecticides used by modern farmers cause death among swans that wander from the river bank.
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The cull of swans has never been anything but the limiting of the number of eggs in swans' nests.
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The oil then escaped from the barge, caused extensive pollution of the river and considerable loss and suffering among the swans.
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Unfortunately, swans grovel around for their grit and are likely to pick up anglers' weights.
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I have seen as many as sixty swans together in one place.
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I am pleased to say that swans are there again.
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