English Dictionary

swoon

IPA（発音記号）

/swuːn/

動詞

自動詞 直訳 広義

(literally) To faint, to lose consciousness. / (by extension) To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation. / To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.

日本語の意味

（本来の意味）気絶する、失神する / （転じて）感情に圧倒される、特に恋心で夢中になる / （副次的に）ため息や甘えた声出しなど、感嘆の音を発する

The heat was so intense that she began to swoon in the crowded subway.

暑さがひどくて、彼女は混雑した地下鉄で気を失い始めた。

意味（1）

(literally) To faint, to lose consciousness.

I threw myself down on the island ground, like a dead man, and drowned in desolation swooned away, nor did I return to my senses till next morning, when the sun rose and revived me.

意味（2）

(by extension) To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.

意味（3）

To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.

The girls swooned at the picture of their favorite actor.

swoons （ present singular third-person ）

swooning （ participle present ）

swooned （ participle past ）

swooned （ past ）