英语词汇（161）sway、swing、stagger、rock

英语词汇（161）                  sway、swing、stagger、rock

                                                                                                                         佳中

 

这组词都有“、“摇摆”、“摇晃”的意思。

       sway     指有弹性的柔软的东西缓慢地摇动。

          1) She swayed the baby’s cradle gently with her foot until the baby went to sound sleep.

             （她用脚轻轻摇晃着婴儿的摇篮直到孩子睡着。）

          2) The ship was swaying violently on the stormy sea and most of the passengers vomited

               badly.  

              （这艘船在暴风雨的海面上猛烈地摇曳,大部份的乘客吐得很厉害。）

 

swing     指作如钟摆似的圆周运动摆动。可由来回摇动引申出“动荡”的意思，

 

         1) The little girl was swinging cheerfully on the rope with her brother pushing her below.

            （这个小女孩高高兴兴坐绳上荡摆，她兄弟在下面推她。）

         2）On Wall Street, stock prices finished lower again after swinging back and forth for hours.

               (华尔街的股价在一段时间的来回动荡之后，再次收于低值。)

 

stagger     “蹒跚”、“摇摇晃晃地行进”，如醉汉或受伤的人摇摇摆摆、跌跌揰揰地行走。    

 

       1) After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and called the police.

           (遭到袭击后,他摇晃着走到电话机旁给打警察电话。)

       2）All at once I saw him stagger on his legs like a drunken man, and then fall like a block to

             the ground.

            (忽然间我看他象一个醉汉那样地摇摇晃晃走着，不一会儿象块大木头似的咕咚一声跌倒

             在地。)

 

rock     指物体下部不动，上部摇晃。

 

       1) He sat racking himself in the armchair.

             (他坐在扶手椅上摇晃。)

        2) All of a sudden, the furniture in the room began to rock and the house started to squeak.

             It was an earthquake.

              (突然之间，房间里的家具开始摇动，房屋也开始吱吱叫——原来是地震了。)