/swɪm ||; swɪm/verb (
present participle swimming;past tense swam /swæm
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past participle swum /swʌm
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1 [I,T] to move your body through water 游泳: How far can you swim? 你能游多远？Hundreds of tiny fish swam past. 好几百条小鱼游过。
Go swimming is a common way of talking about swimming for pleasure We go swimming every Saturday. We can also say go for a swim when we are talking about one particular occasion I went for a swim this morning. 去游泳通常说go swimming：We go swimming every Saturday.我们每个星期六都去游泳。指某一次游泳活动可以说go for a swim：I went for a swim this morning. 今天早上我去了游泳。 picture at sport 见sport插图 2 [I] be swimming (in/with sth) to be covered with a lot of liquid 浸，泡，充溢（某种液体）: The salad was swimming in oil. 这色拉油汪汪的。
3 [I] to seem to be moving or turning 似在移动或旋转: The floor began to swim before my eyes and I fainted. 我看见眼前的地板旋转起来，然后就昏倒了。
4 [I] (used about your head) to feel confused （指头脑）迷糊，混乱:
My head was swimming with so much new information. 这么多新数据，我都晕头转向了。
swim noun [sing]
to go for / have a swim 去游泳 ➔swimmer noun [C]: a strong/weak swimmer 擅长╱不太擅长游泳的人