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

• There were no black swans or swans of any colour involved.
  目前还没有“黑天鹅”（blackswans）或任何颜色的天鹅卷入。
• 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。
• I was attacked by a band of swans in the Luxembourg gardens.
  我曾经在卢森堡花园被一群天鹅袭击。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。