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词汇 swilling
释义 swilling
present participle ofswill
swill
verb
uk /swɪl/ us /swɪl/

swillverb (MOVE LIQUID)


[ Tusually+ adv/prep ]
to cause a liquid to flow around or over something, often in order to clean it: (常指为了清洗而)冲,涮
The dentist handed me a glass of water to swill my mouth out with.牙医递给我一杯水漱口。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with somethingidiom
brim
brim over
brim with something
drool
funnel
leakage
pour
pour-over
reinject
reinjection
respray
ripple
spate
staunch
stem
swash
swill
swirl

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Cleaning generally

swillverb (DRINK)


[ T ]informal often disapproving
to drink, especially alcohol, quickly and in large amounts大口地喝,痛饮,畅饮(尤指酒)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Drinking
consume
drink
drink (something) up
drinker
drinking
drinking fountain
drinking water
drunk
mainline
non-consumption
overindulge
overindulgence
overindulgent
partake
quench
slurp
sup
swig
swill
tasting

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Drinking alcohol

Examples of swilling


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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


I have felt intimidated by bunches of raucous young people boarding the train, swilling their drink and throwing it across the floor.
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Are others planned for areas of the world where illicit arms are swilling around?
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These are cleaned daily, but as the cleaning involves swilling with water, the floors are always wet.
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Alcohol causes the deterioration of those who compensate for the lack of something to do by swilling beer.
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There could be large sums swilling around the financial system.
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There is so much money swilling around that they do not need to go out and fight for members and donations.
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A great deal of money is swilling around in the pockets of people who are patently not earning it.
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Millions of people were swilling around who had suffered political persecution.
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The floors of the kitchen are swilling with germ-ridden water.
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There was, therefore, the possibility of water swilling round the asbestos tipped into the site.
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Today the money swilling around the world is 15 or 20 times as much as is required for the settlement of ordinary commercial transactions internationally.
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It is notorious that when vast amounts of money are swilling about, sometimes political systems become corrupted.
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So not only are illegal arms swilling around in the market; nations have to take responsibility for their actions as well.
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It would be wrong for us to think that they are just a lot of vodka swilling conscripts who could not launch an armed attack.
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The money will be subject to a limit of £2 billion, or such greater sum not exceeding £4 billion, which is certainly a lot of money swilling around.
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