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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
swan
stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: aquatic bird • Hyponyms: coscoroba, cob, pen, cygnet, mute swan, Cygnus olor, whooper, whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus, tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus, trumpeter, trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator, black swan, Cygnus atratus • Member Holonyms: Anatidae, family Anatidae • Part Meronyms: swan's down
1. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true (Freq. 1) - Before God I swear I am innocent • Syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swear • Derivationally related forms: swearer (for: swear), swearing (for: swear), averment (for: aver), avower (for: avow), avowal (for: avow), assertable (for: assert), assertion (for: assert), asserter (for: assert), affirmation (for: affirm), affirmer (for: affirm) • Hypernyms: declare • Hyponyms: hold, claim, take, attest, declare, protest, assure, tell • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE - They swan that there was a traffic accident 2. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment - The gypsies roamed the woods - roving vagabonds - the wandering Jew - The cattle roam across the prairie - the laborers drift from one town to the next - They rolled from town to town • Syn: roll, wander, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond • Derivationally related forms: vagabond (for: vagabond), vagabondage (for: vagabond), drifter (for: drift), drifting (for: drift), roving (for: rove), ramble (for: ramble), rambler (for: ramble), roamer (for: roam), tramp (for: tramp), stray (for: stray), strayer (for: stray), wanderer (for: wander), wandering (for: wander) • Hypernyms: travel, go, move, locomote • Hyponyms: maunder, gallivant, gad, jazz around • Verb Group: stray, err, drift, wander • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Something is ----ing PP - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s PP 3. sweep majestically - Airplanes were swanning over the mountains • Hypernyms: sweep, sail • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s - Something is ----ing PP - Somebody ----s PP
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