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

• 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。
• I have never seen anything like this with other swans, it is just him.
  我从来没见过其他的天鹅像他这样，他真是特别。
• The children went to feed the ducks and swans.
  孩子们去河边喂鸭子和天鹅。
• 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。
• Swans are graceful swimmers, but they're clumsy on land.
  天鹅在水中姿态优雅，但它们在陆地上却很笨拙。
• No, I have not. But I saw eleven swans yesterday.
  没有，没见过。但是我昨天看到十一只天鹅。
• 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。
• Slim swans and slender skunks swim in the slippery slime.
  苗条的天鹅和纤细的臭鼬在滑滑的黏泥上游泳。
• 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。