English Dictionary

swing

/ˈswɪŋ/

noun

The manner in which something is swung. / The sweep or compass of a swinging body. / A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.

She enjoyed the gentle swing of the hammock on a warm summer day.

意味（1）

The manner in which something is swung.

He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.

意味（2）

The sweep or compass of a swinging body.

意味（3）

A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.

意味（4）

A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.

To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.

意味（5）

A dance style.

意味（6）

(music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.

意味（7）

The amount of change towards or away from something.

意味（8）

(politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.

The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.

意味（9）

(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.

意味（10）

Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

意味（11）

In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.

意味（12）

A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.

意味（13）

(obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.

Take thy swing.

意味（14）

Influence or power of anything put in motion.

意味（15）

(boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.