swarm
英 [sw??m]
美[sw?rm]
- vi. 挤满；成群浮游；云集
- n. 蜂群；一大群
- vt. 挤满；爬
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词态变化
复数:?swarms;第三人称单数:?swarms;过去式:?swarmed;过去分词:?swarmed;现在分词:?swarming;
助记提示
1. 天暖的时候就跑出来了。
2. a swarm of 一大群。
3. 蛇是冷血动物，天冷的时候要冬眠，在天气暖和的时候他们才会成群结队地、大批地出来。
4. 挤在一起“使 warm”
5. 谐音“是窝蚂”-----是一窝蚂蚁。
2. a swarm of 一大群。
3. 蛇是冷血动物，天冷的时候要冬眠，在天气暖和的时候他们才会成群结队地、大批地出来。
4. 挤在一起“使 warm”
5. 谐音“是窝蚂”-----是一窝蚂蚁。
中文词源
swarm 嗡嗡声
来自古英语 swearm,嗡嗡声，来自 Proto-Germanic*swarmaz,嗡嗡声，来自 PIE*swer,蜂鸣声， 耳语声，拟声词，词源同 absurd.
英文词源
- swarm
- swarm: Swarm ‘group of insects’ [OE] and swarm ‘climb’ [16] are distinct words. The former comes from a prehistoric Germanic *swarmaz, which also produced German schwarm, and is closely related to Dutch swerm, Swedish sv?rm, and Danish sv?rm. It may go back ultimately to an Indo-European base which also lay behind Latin susurrus ‘hum’ and Sanskrit svárati ‘it sounds’. The origins of swarm ‘climb’ are not known.
- swarm (n.)
- "cloud of bees or other insects," Old English swearm "swarm, multitude," from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Middle Low German swarm, Danish sv?rm "a swarm," Swedish sv?rm, Middle Dutch swerm, Old High German swaram, German Schwarm "swarm;" Old Norse svarmr "tumult"), by Watkins, etc., derived from PIE imitative root *swer- (2) "to buzz, whisper" (see susurration) on notion of humming sound, and thus probably originally of bees. But OED suggests possible connection with base of swerve and ground sense of "agitated, confused, or deflected motion." General sense "large, dense throng" is from early 15c.
- swarm (v.1)
- "to climb (a tree, pole, etc.) by clasping with the arms and legs alternately, to shin," 1540s, of uncertain origin. "Perh. orig. a sailor's word borrowed from the Continent, but no trace of the meaning has been discovered for phonetically corresponding words" [OED]. perhaps originally a sailors' word, of uncertain origin. Also recorded as swarve (16c.) and in Northern dialects swarble, swarmle. Related: Swarmed; swarming.
- swarm (v.2)
- "to leave a hive to start another," also "to gather in a swarm, crowd, or throng," late 14c., from swarm (n.). Compare Dutch zwermen, German schw?rmen, Danish sv?rme. Related: Swarmed; swarming.
双语例句
- 1. A swarm of people encircled the hotel.
- 一大群人围住了这个酒店。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. a swarm of bees
- 一群蜜蜂
来自《权威词典》
- 3. a swarm of locusts
- 一大群蝗虫
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- 4. There is a swarm of bees in the tree.
- 这树上有一窝蜜蜂.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The waters swarm with life.
- 水里充满着生物.
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