sway

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsweɪ̯/    美 /ˈsweɪ̯/|/ˈswæ̝ɪ̯/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon. countable,uncountable
  2. A rocking or swinging motion. countable,uncountable
    — The old song caused a little sway in everyone in the room.
  3. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side countable,uncountable
    — I doubt I'll hold much sway with someone so powerful.
  4. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance. countable,uncountable
  5. Rule; dominion; control; power. countable,uncountable
    — Prospero:[…]Confederates / (ſo drie he was for Sway) with King of Naples / To giue him Annuall tribute, doe him homage / Subiect his Coronet, to his Crowne and bend / The Dukedom yet vnbow'd (alas poore Millaine) / To moſt ignoble ſtooping.
  6. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work. countable,uncountable
  7. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion. countable,uncountable
  8. Synonym of sweet flag (“Acorus calamus”) countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock. intransitive
    — sway to the music
  2. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield. transitive
    — to sway the sceptre
  3. To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade. transitive
    — Do you think you can sway their decision?
  4. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp. transitive
    — reeds swayed by the wind
  5. To hoist (a mast or yard) into position. transitive
    — to sway up the yards
  6. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
    — euen in these Personall Respects, the Ballance swayes on our part: […]
  7. To have weight or influence.
    — The example of sundry churches […] doth sway much.
  8. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
    — Hadst thou swayed as kings should do.

词形变化

sways plural sways present,singular,third-person swaying participle,present swayed participle,past swayed past

词汇关系

近义词
careen rock sway waver play
下位词
librate oscillate stagger undulate vacillate
衍生词
antisway anti-sway bar hold sway sway-backed sway bar sway-bracing swayless swaymeter windsway countersway swayful asway missway oversway swayable swayback swayer swayingly sweight unswayed unswaying upsway
相关词
persuade shake

词源

词源 1
From earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old English *swǣġan (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-West Germanic *swaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁-
See also Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”); also Lithuanian svai̇̃gti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (paⁱri-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit स्वजते (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”).
The noun derived from the verb.
词源 2
From earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old English *swǣġan (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-West Germanic *swaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁-
See also Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”); also Lithuanian svai̇̃gti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (paⁱri-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit स्वजते (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”).
The noun derived from the verb.
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