sweam

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A swimming of the head; a fainting fit; a swoon. dialectal
  2. A sudden qualm of sickness. dialectal

词形变化

sweams plural sweem alternative swaim alternative swame alternative

词源

From Middle English sweem, sweme, swem (“a dizziness”), from Middle English swemen (“to feel faint, be overcome”), from Old English *swǣman (“to trouble, grieve”); and also from Old Norse sveimr (“a bustle, stir”), from Proto-Germanic *swaimaz (“a moving to and fro, a sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- (“to sway, swing”). Cognate with Old Norse svími (“dizziness, fainting”) (Danish svime (“a swoon”)), Dutch zwijm (“a swoon, fainting fit”), Old English swīma (“vertigo, dizziness, a swoon”). More at swim.
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