swift是什么意思_swift怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

swift: swift: [OE] The etymological meaning of swift appears to be ‘moving along a course’; ‘speed’ is a secondary development. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *swei- ‘swing, bend’, which also produced English sweep, swivel [14], and the long defunct swive ‘copulate with’ (a descendant of Old English swīfan ‘move in a course’). Its use as a name for the fast-flying swallow-like bird dates from the 17th century.
=> sweep, swivel
swift (adj.): Old English swift "moving quickly," perhaps originally "turning quickly," from Proto-Germanic swip- (see swivel (n.)). Related: Swiftly; swiftness.
swift (n.): type of bird (several species of the family Cypselidæ, resembling swallows), 1660s, from swift (adj.) in reference to its swift flight. Regarded as a bird of ill-omen, if not downright demonic, probably for its shrill cry. The name earlier had been given to several small fast lizards (1520s).

词态变化

复数 swifts;
副词 swiftly;
名词 swiftness;

1. He is very sharp, a quick thinker and swift with repartee.: 他非常机敏，反应很快，并且能说会道。

2. Jaegers are swift black birds with long forked tails.: 贼鸥是飞行速度很快的黑色鸟类，尾部长而分叉。

fast

hasty

immediate

quick

rapid

speedy

be swift to 动不动就……；易于……

SWIFT BIC SWIFT的银行地址识别代码，其原名是BIC (Bank Identifier Code)，但是BIC意思太泛，大家约定俗成地把BIC叫做SWIFT Code，通称SWIFT地址或SWIFT代码。

swift imagination 突发奇想

swift feed 快速送进

chimney swift n. 北美洲产的燕子

jonathan swift n. (= Jonathan Swift) 乔纳森·斯威夫特

as swift as lightning 风驰电掣快如飞箭

swift electron 快速电子

swift growth 快速增长

swift moth 蝙蝠蛾

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1. sweep => swift.
2. 表现的是一种“秋风扫落叶”般的快速、迅速、敏捷。
3. 一扫而光。