swing 1 W3 / swɪŋ / 动词 ( past tense and past participle swung / swʌŋ / )

1 move from a fixed point [不及物和及物动词] to make regular movements forwards and backwards or from one side to another while hanging from a particular point, or to make something do this :

Let your arms swing as you walk.

a sign swinging in the wind

He was swinging his bag back and forth .

She swung her legs from side to side .

swing something by something

He marched around, swinging the gun by its handle.

2 move in a curve [ intransitive, transitive always + 副词 / 介词 ] to move quickly in a smooth curve in one direction, or to make something do this :

A black car swung into the drive.

Kate swung her legs out of bed.

swing open/shut

The heavy door swung shut.

Swinging her bag over her shoulder, she hurried on.

3 hit [不及物和及物动词] to move your arm or something you are holding to try and hit something

swing something at somebody/something

She swung her bag at him.

swing at somebody/something (with something)

Garson swung at the ball and missed.

He started swinging at me with his fists.

4 change opinions/emotions [不及物和及物动词] if emotions or opinions swing, or if something swings them, they change quickly to the opposite of what they were

swing from something to something

His mood could swing from joy to despair.

Do campaign gifts swing votes ?

The war had begun to swing in Britain’s favor .

swing to the Right/Left (= in politics )

5 swing into action to suddenly begin work that needs doing, using a lot of energy and effort :

Politicians have already swung into action.

6 play [不及物动词] to sit on a swing and make it move backwards and forwards by moving your legs

7 arrange something [及物动词] spoken to arrange for something to happen, although it takes a lot of effort to do this :

We managed to swing it so that they will travel together.

8 swing both ways informal someone who swings both ways is bisexual

9 swing the lead British English to avoid work by pretending to be ill

→ there’s not enough room to swing a cat at room 1 ( 5 )

swing around/round 短语动词

to turn around quickly, or to make something do this :

She swung around to face him.

swing something/somebody ↔ around/round

He swung the boat around and headed for the shore.

swing by 短语动词 American English informal

swing by (something) to visit a place or person for a short time :

I’ll swing by the grocery store on my way.