swift

英[sw?ft] 美[sw?ft]

反義詞slow

復數:?swifts;副詞:?swiftly;名詞:?swiftness;

1. sweep => swift.
2. 表現的是一種“秋風掃落葉”般的快速、迅速、敏捷。
3. 一掃而光。

swift 迅速的，敏捷的

來自古英語 swift,快速的，來自 Proto-Germanic*swiftaz,快速的，來自 PIE*sweip,纏繞，彎曲，來自 PIE*swei,彎，轉，搖擺，詞源同 swing,sweep.引申諸相關詞義。

swift: swift: [OE] The etymological meaning of swift appears to be ‘moving along a course’; ‘speed’ is a secondary development. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *swei- ‘swing, bend’, which also produced English sweep, swivel [14], and the long defunct swive ‘copulate with’ (a descendant of Old English swīfan ‘move in a course’). Its use as a name for the fast-flying swallow-like bird dates from the 17th century.
=> sweep, swivel
swift (adj.): Old English swift "moving quickly," perhaps originally "turning quickly," from Proto-Germanic swip- (see swivel (n.)). Related: Swiftly; swiftness.
swift (n.): type of bird (several species of the family Cypselid?, resembling swallows), 1660s, from swift (adj.) in reference to its swift flight. Regarded as a bird of ill-omen, if not downright demonic, probably for its shrill cry. The name earlier had been given to several small fast lizards (1520s).

1. He is very sharp, a quick thinker and swift with repartee.: 他非常機敏，反應很快，并且能說會道。

2. Jaegers are swift black birds with long forked tails.: 賊鷗是飛行速度很快的黑色鳥類，尾部長而分叉。