swap
柯林斯詞典
1. V-RECIP If you swap something with someone, you give it to them and receive a different thing in exchange. 交換
Next week they will swap places and will repeat the switch weekly. 下周他們將互換位置，以後將每周換一次。
I know a sculptor who swaps her pieces for drawings by a well-known artist. 我知道有個(gè)雕塑家用她自己的作品去換一位著名畫(huà)家的畫(huà)作。
2. N-COUNT Swap is also a noun. 交換
Over the long term, a swap of some kind is clearly in the public interest. 從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)看，有點(diǎn)交換顯然是爲(wèi)了公共利益。
3. V-T If you swap one thing for another, you remove the first thing and replace it with the second, or you stop doing the first thing and start doing the second. 調(diào)換
Despite the heat, he'd swapped his overalls for a suit and tie. 盡琯天氣炎熱，他還是把他的工裝褲換成了西裝和領(lǐng)帶。
He has swapped his hectic rock star's lifestyle for that of a country gentleman. 他已放棄緊張忙碌的搖滾明星的生活，改做鄕村紳士。
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swap /sw?p/ (swapping,swapped,swaps)
BRIT also swop
劍橋詞典
- to give something and be given something else instead
- Would you mind swapping those plates over?
- We swapped houses during the children's school holidays .
- Do you want to swap places ?
- If you prefer to sit next to Chris, I'll swap seats with you.
- They've swapped their old car for a much larger one. 返回 swap
交換，交易
When you've finished reading your book , and I've finished mine, can we swap? 我們看完各自的書(shū)之後交換一下好嗎?
We swapped addresses with the people we met on holiday . 我們與度假時(shí)認(rèn)識(shí)的人交換了地址。
When he got a job in a bank , he had to swap his jeans and T-shirt for a suit (= he had to wear formal clothes instead of informal ones ). 他找到一份銀行的工作後，就不得不脫下牛仔褲和T賉衫，改穿西裝了。
[ 後麪接一個(gè)直接賓語(yǔ)和一個(gè)間接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ] I'll swap you my chocolate bar for your peanuts . 我拿我的巧尅力換你的花生。
We spent the evening swapping (= telling each other) stories /jokes . 我們整晚都在輪流講故事／笑話。
同義詞
exchange verb
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