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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Swans look so graceful when they are swimming.
  天鹅游泳时动作看起来很优雅。
• 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。
• They were swans. He did not know what the birds were.
  他们是天鹅，他并不知道这些鸟是什么鸟。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The fairy's magic changed the brothers into swans.
  仙子的魔法把两兄弟变成了天鹅。