swim /swɪm/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (swimming,swam,swum,swims)

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  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） When you swim, you move through water by making movements with your arms and legs. 游泳

  例：

  She learned to swim when she was really tiny.

  她很小就学会了游泳。

• 2.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） Swim is also a noun. 游泳

  例：

  When can we go for a swim?

  我们什么时候可以去游泳？

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you swim a race, you take part in a swimming race. 参加游泳比赛

  例：

  She swam the 400 metres medley.

  她参加了400米混合泳比赛。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you swim a stretch of water, you keep swimming until you have crossed it. 游过 (一段水域)

  例：

  By the time we reached the other side, Maram vowed that he would never swim a river again.

  我们到河对岸时，马拉姆发誓说他再也不游泳渡河了。

• 5.  

  V-I（不及物动词） When a fish swims, it moves through water by moving its body. (鱼) 游水

  例：

  The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream.

  这些障碍物对于逆流而上的鱼来说是致命的。

• 6.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If your head is swimming, you feel unsteady and slightly ill. 头晕

  例：

  The musty aroma of incense made her head swim.

  熏香的霉味令她头晕。

• 7.  

  （） sink or swim →see sink