swoon
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++swoon /swuːn/ verb [intransitive] 1 EXCITEDto be extremely excited and unable to control yourself because you admire someone so much 〔对某人〕神魂颠倒swoon over crowds of teenage girls swooning over pop stars 一群群痴迷流行乐歌星的少女2. old-fashionedUNCONSCIOUS to fall to the ground because you have been affected by an emotion or shock 晕倒，昏倒 SYN faint —swoon noun [singular]→ See Verb table
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swoon• She tried to swoon, feeling she must, but nothing happened, except another kiss, and strange dreadful weakness.• The characteristic art nouveau line coiled and climbed like smoke, sobbed and swooned like Arab violins.• Investors continue to swoon over Cisco, considered one of the dominant vendors of high-end networking equipment.• The nuns did not exactly swoon over me when I volunteered.• Lucy had the decency and zest of a boarding school prefect, the kind the Lower Third would swoon over.swoon over• Everyone from young girls to aged grandmothers swooned over Elvis.Origin swoon (1300-1400) swown “to swoon” ((13-19 centuries)), from Old English geswogen “made sick or unconscious”swoon verbChinese
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swoon
swoon /swuːn/
verb [intransitive]
swoon over
crowds of teenage girls swooning over pop stars
2. old-fashioned to fall to the ground because you have been affected by an emotion or shock
SYN faint
—swoon noun [singular]
swoon /swuːn/
verb [intransitive] Date: 1300-1400
Origin: swown __to swoon__ (13-19 centuries), from Old English geswogen __made sick or unconscious__
1. to be extremely excited and unable to control yourself because you admire someone so muchOrigin: swown __to swoon__ (13-19 centuries), from Old English geswogen __made sick or unconscious__
swoon over
2. old-fashioned to fall to the ground because you have been affected by an emotion or shock
SYN faint
—swoon noun [singular]