swaip

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To walk proudly; to sweep along. UK,dialectal,obsolete
    — Och, for his swaiping! That was a lucky job for him, —the ill-favored, foul-mouthed blackguard, heretic and villain thief!

词形变化

swaips present,singular,third-person swaiping participle,present swaiped participle,past swaiped past

词源

From Middle English swaipen (“to strike, scourge”), from Old Norse sveipa (“to sweep, stroke”) and/or Old English swāpan (“to sweep”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną (“to sweep, swing, hurl, fling”). Doublet of swoop.
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