English Dictionary

swift

IPA（発音記号）

/swɪft/

名詞

廃用

A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. / Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.

日本語の意味

ツバメに似た、地味な色の小型で非常に速く飛ぶ鳥（アポジダエ科に属する） / Sceloporus 属に分類される特定のトカゲ

A swift skimmed the river at dusk, catching insects in a blur of motion.

アマツバメ（アポディダエ科の小さく無地の羽色で、速い飛行が特徴の鳥）が夕暮れに川面をかすめ、虫をぼやけるような速さで捕らえた。

意味（1）

A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.

意味（2）

Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.

, spiny lizard

意味（3）

(entomology) A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.

意味（4）

(entomology) Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.

Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.

意味（5）

(textiles) A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.

意味（6）

The main cylinder of a carding-machine.

意味（7）

(obsolete) The current of a stream.

swifts （ plural ）