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

• Some animals can swim on water, such as ducks, goose, swans and pole bears.
  一些动物会在水里游泳，比如鸭子、鹅、天鹅和北极熊。
• 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。
• He brought one of those little tinfoil swans or a duck.
  他带了一块锡纸包好的鹅肉或鸭肉。
• 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。
• So he flew into the water and swam towards the swans.
  因此他飞入水中朝这些天鹅游过去。
• We saw a group of swans swimming slowly across the lake.
  我们看见一群天鹅慢慢地游过湖面。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Magically, beauty and shine has been isolated from me since then, ugly duck surrounded by pretty swans.
  从那天里我就开始与美丽和光环绝缘，“丑小鸭”的身边总有很多的“白天鹅”。