English Dictionary

swing

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈswɪŋ/

動詞

自動詞 of句 他動詞

(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. / (intransitive) To dance. / (intransitive) To ride on a swing.

日本語の意味

（中心から外れた一点を軸に）回転する / 踊る / ブランコに乗る

The gate began to swing on its rusty hinge.

門は錆びた蝶番で揺れ始めた。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

The plant swung in the breeze.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To dance.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To ride on a swing.

The children laughed as they swung.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.

“It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!” Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts.

意味（6）

(intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.

意味（7）

(transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.

意味（8）

(intransitive) To fluctuate or change.

It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.

意味（9）

(transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.

He swung his sword as hard as he could.

意味（10）

(transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.

意味（11）

(transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.

If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.

意味（12）

(transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.

意味（13）

(transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.

意味（14）

(transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.

to swing one's partner, or simply to swing

意味（15）

(transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.

The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

意味（16）

(transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.

意味（17）

(nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.

A ship swings with the tide.

swings （ present singular third-person ）

swinging （ participle present ）

swung （ past ）

swang （ archaic dialectal past ）

swung （ participle past ）

swungen （ archaic participle past ）