swans

英 [swɒnz]

美 [swɑːnz]

n.  天鹅
v.  悠游; 悠然闲逛
swan的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 天鹅
  Aswanis a large bird with a very long neck. Swans live on rivers and lakes and are usually white.
• VERB 逍遥自在;悠然自得
  If you describe someone asswanning aroundorswanning off, you mean that they go and have fun, rather than working or taking care of their responsibilities.
  1. She spends her time swanning around the world...
     她一个人自由自在地环游世界。
  2. The mother was widowed and had swanned off.
     这位母亲成了寡妇，已经悠然闲逛去了。

双语例句

• I need you to show him where to put the swans.
  我要你去告诉他在哪儿放天鹅。
• More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.
  今日活着的呆头鹅比天鹅多，傻瓜比聪明人多。
• But improbable events can arrive like black swans, that is to say, unexpectedly.
  但不可能的事件往往会像黑天鹅一样不期而至，也就是说，完全出乎意料时就已经大祸临头。
• All along this uninhabited shoreline, sea islands, salt marshes, and sandy beaches provide a perfect resting place for Tundra swans, coots, gallinules, and other water birds.
  在这一整条杳无人迹的海岸线上，海岛、盐沼和沙滩为冻原天鹅、黑鸭、黑水鸡和其他水鸟提供了一个绝佳的栖息所。
• Each year in April, swans and other rare birds return from the south to live and breed there.
  每年四月，天鹅和其他稀有禽类都会从南方飞回这里生活繁殖。
• Suddenly she heard a noise and saw eleven wild swans with golden crowns on their heads.
  突然间，她听到嘈杂的声音，然后看到十一只头戴金色皇冠的野天鹅。
• When the sun came up, her brothers changed into wild swans again.
  太阳升起时，她的哥哥们又变成野天鹅了。
• The children went to feed the ducks and swans.
  孩子们去河边喂鸭子和天鹅。
• Later, when we had grandchildren, she would take them to feed the fish and the swans in the Istana ponds.
  有了孙子女后，她会带他们到总统府内的池塘喂鱼和天鹅。
• Grandpa had given the pair of swans to Grandma on their fiftieth anniversary.
  他们结婚五十周年时爷爷送给奶奶了一对天鹅。