swill

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose. collective,countable,uncountable
  2. Any disgusting or distasteful liquid. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill.
  3. Anything disgusting or worthless. broadly,countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — This new TV show is a worthless load of swill.
  4. A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow. countable,informal,uncountable
    — He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words.
  5. Inexpensive beer or alcohol. countable,informal,uncountable
    — Kesh's assistant, Wilma, wants to surprise Kesh with some bootlegged swill from Kadara.
  6. A badly-thrown pass. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess. transitive
    — […] well-dressed people, of both sexes, […] devouring sliced beef, and swilling port, and punch, and cider […]
  2. To wash (something) by flooding with water. transitive
    — As fearfully as doth a galled rock / O’erhang and jutty his confounded base, / Swill’d with the wild and wasteful ocean.
  3. To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion. transitive
    — Jimmie looked lovingly at the flask, smelt it, and then, placing it next his ear, swilled it round to hear the splash of liquor.
  4. To move around or over a surface. intransitive
    — […] before them, between the high banks of the Vaal, they saw only a world of brown water, streaked with white froth, hurling down upon them. It rose above the foot-board and swilled to the level of the seat.
  5. To inebriate; to fill with drink. obsolete,transitive
    — […] I should be loath To meet the rudenesse, and swill’d insolence Of such late Wassailers;
    Comus
  6. To feed swill to (pigs). transitive
    — “Carlia, have you swilled the pigs?”

词形变化

swills plural swills present,singular,third-person swilling participle,present swilled participle,past swilled past

词汇关系

衍生词
monkey swill six o'clock swill swill-belly swillbelly swill-bowl swill-box swill-can swill-flagon swill milk swill-pail swill-pot swill-tub swilltub unrepresentative swill swill down swiller swill up unswilled

词源

词源 1
From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilian (“to wash; wash down; swill; gargle”), from Proto-West Germanic *swilljan, from Proto-Germanic *swiljaną (“to gulp, swallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, gulp, swallow”). Related to swallow.
词源 2
From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilian (“to wash; wash down; swill; gargle”), from Proto-West Germanic *swilljan, from Proto-Germanic *swiljaną (“to gulp, swallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, gulp, swallow”). Related to swallow.
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