swarm
英 [sw??m]
美 [sw?rm]
- vi. 擠滿；成群浮游；云集
- n. 蜂群；一大群
- vt. 擠滿；爬
助記提示
1. 天暖的時候就跑出來了。
2. a swarm of 一大群。
3. 蛇是冷血動物，天冷的時候要冬眠，在天氣暖和的時候他們才會成群結隊地、大批地出來。
4. 擠在一起“使 warm”
5. 諧音“是窩螞”-----是一窩螞蟻。
中文詞源
swarm 嗡嗡聲來自古英語 swearm,嗡嗡聲，來自 Proto-Germanic*swarmaz,嗡嗡聲，來自 PIE*swer,蜂鳴聲， 耳語聲，擬聲詞，詞源同 absurd.
英文詞源
- swarm
- swarm: Swarm ‘group of insects’ [OE] and swarm ‘climb’ [16] are distinct words. The former comes from a prehistoric Germanic *swarmaz, which also produced German schwarm, and is closely related to Dutch swerm, Swedish sv?rm, and Danish sv?rm. It may go back ultimately to an Indo-European base which also lay behind Latin susurrus ‘hum’ and Sanskrit svárati ‘it sounds’. The origins of swarm ‘climb’ are not known.
- swarm (n.)
- "cloud of bees or other insects," Old English swearm "swarm, multitude," from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Middle Low German swarm, Danish sv?rm "a swarm," Swedish sv?rm, Middle Dutch swerm, Old High German swaram, German Schwarm "swarm;" Old Norse svarmr "tumult"), by Watkins, etc., derived from PIE imitative root *swer- (2) "to buzz, whisper" (see susurration) on notion of humming sound, and thus probably originally of bees. But OED suggests possible connection with base of swerve and ground sense of "agitated, confused, or deflected motion." General sense "large, dense throng" is from early 15c.
- swarm (v.1)
- "to climb (a tree, pole, etc.) by clasping with the arms and legs alternately, to shin," 1540s, of uncertain origin. "Perh. orig. a sailor's word borrowed from the Continent, but no trace of the meaning has been discovered for phonetically corresponding words" [OED]. perhaps originally a sailors' word, of uncertain origin. Also recorded as swarve (16c.) and in Northern dialects swarble, swarmle. Related: Swarmed; swarming.
- swarm (v.2)
- "to leave a hive to start another," also "to gather in a swarm, crowd, or throng," late 14c., from swarm (n.). Compare Dutch zwermen, German schw?rmen, Danish sv?rme. Related: Swarmed; swarming.
雙語例句
- 1. A swarm of people encircled the hotel.
- 一大群人圍住了這個酒店。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. a swarm of bees
- 一群蜜蜂
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. a swarm of locusts
- 一大群蝗蟲
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. There is a swarm of bees in the tree.
- 這樹上有一窩蜜蜂.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The waters swarm with life.
- 水里充滿著生物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》