swimming

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water. countable,uncountable
    — Triathlon competitors take part in open water swimming.
  2. The state of being dizzy or in vertigo. countable,uncountable
    — Then I take my pipe of Tabacco, sitting close by a warme fire, the space of halfe an houre and more, vntill the giddinesse and swimming in my head be past, and the medicine also haue done it feate : then I vse to gargle my mouth with a cuppe of beere, well warmed with a toste.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of swim form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

swimmings plural swimmings plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English swim
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English swimming
From swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
词源 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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