swan

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /swɒn/    美 /swɑn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
  2. One whose grace etc. suggests a swan. figuratively
  3. This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).
动词 v.
  1. To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way. intransitive
    — He swans around that stinking office in his expensive clothes that are a little too tight for comfort, he swans around that stinking office without a care in the world.
  2. To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions). US,colloquial,dialectal
    — "Well, I swan, man, I had a better opinion of you than that."

词形变化

swans plural swan plural swans present,singular,third-person swanning participle,present swanned participle,past swanned past swans present,singular,third-person swanning participle,present swanned participle,past swanned past swanny alternative

词汇关系

下位词
cob cygnet pen swanling
衍生词
Bewick's swan black-necked swan black swan black swan event black swan fallacy cobswan coscoroba swan graceful as a swan gwan mute swan New Zealand swan nonswan Old Swan Swan Swan Bay swanbill swan boat Swanbrook Swan Creek swan dive swan-dive swaness swan goose swan grebe swanherd Swan Hill swanhood swan hopper swan hopping Swan Lake swanless swanlike swan-like swan-likeness swanliness swanling swanly swan maiden swan mark swanmark Swan Marsh swan moth swan mussel Swan Nebula swan neck swan-neck swan neck deformity swan-necked swan-necked grebe swannery swanness swannish swannishness swan plant Swan River Swans Crossing swansdown swanship swan shot swanskin swan's neck swan song swansong swan's road swan upper swan upping Swan Vale Swan Village swoose trumpeter swan tundra swan whistling swan White Swan whooper swan whooping swan

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂-osder.
Proto-Germanic *swanaz
Proto-West Germanic *swan
Old English swan
Middle English swan
English swan
From Middle English swan, from Old English swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”, literally “the singing bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂-/*swenh₂- (“to sing, make sound”).
Cognate with West Frisian swan, Low German Swaan, swan, Dutch zwaan, German Schwan, Danish svane, Norwegian svane, Swedish svan. Related also to Old English ġeswin (“melody, song”), Old English swinsian (“to make melody”).
Further cognates include (possibly) Russian звон (zvon, “ring, chime”); Latin sonus (“sound”), Sanskrit स्वन् (svan, “sound”).
Doublet of sound.
词源 2
Probably from dialectal I s’wan, a corruption of I shall warrant; or possibly from a minced form of I swear on.
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