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    swoosh

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Colours & sounds
    swoosh /swuːʃ/ verb [intransitive]  CSOUNDto make a sound by moving quickly through the air 〔在空中移动时〕发出嗖嗖声，嗖嗖作响 —swoosh noun [countable]    → See Verb table
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    swoosh• She could hear cars and lorries swooshing past and tried desperately to call for help but she had no breath.• It's five in the morning and I can hear the first cars swooshing through empty streets.    Origin swoosh (1800-1900) From the sound
    swoosh verbChinese
    moving to make quickly Corpus a sound by through


    swoosh
    swoosh /swuːʃ/ verb [intransitive]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Origin: From the sound
    to make a sound by moving quickly through the air
    —swoosh noun [countable]


    swooshBrE /swuːʃ/ 🔊NAmE /swuːʃ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they swoosh BrE /swuːʃ/ 🔊 NAmE /swuːʃ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it swooshes BrE /ˈswuːʃɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈswuːʃɪz/ 🔊past simple swooshed BrE /swuːʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /swuːʃt/ 🔊past participle swooshed BrE /swuːʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /swuːʃt/ 🔊 -ing form swooshing BrE /ˈswuːʃɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈswuːʃɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move quickly through the air in a way that makes a sound 嗖嗖地迅速移动◆Cars and trucks swooshed past. 汽车和卡车嗖嗖地疾驶而过。🔊🔊▸ swoosh noun [singular]