swift n. 1.斯威夫特〔姓氏〕。 2.Gustavus Franklin Swift 斯威夫特〔1839-1903,美国企业家,铁路冷藏车之发明人〕。 3.Jonathan Swift 斯威夫特〔1667-1745,英国讽刺作家, Gulliver's Travels 的作者〕。 adj. 1.飞快的,迅速的,敏捷的;即时的,立刻的(答复等);突然发生的。 2.易…的,动不动就…的 (to do)。 3.时间极短的(苦痛等)。 a swift wit 急智。 as swift as thought 立刻,马上,一转眼。 n. 1.【动物;动物学】褐雨燕;蝾螈;一种小蜥蜴;蝙蝠蛾,鬼蛾。 2.(纺织机等的)大滚筒;纺车,卷线车。 3.急流,急湍。 4.〔口语〕手脚快速的排字工人。 adv. 迅速地;敏捷地。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
The motorboat cut across swift currents and skirted dangerous reefs . 汽艇穿过激流,绕过险滩。
He plunged into the swift current and rescued one child after another . 他跳进急流中救起了一个又一个孩子。
In the swift current , the boat rocked , water washed into it and disaster threatened 在急流之中船身晃动,水冲了进来,眼看要发生灾难了。
Because he had been swept away very , very far in a very swift current . and they didn t see him anymore downstream ; therefore they left 因为河水是那么地急,他又被冲得那么远,大家在下游也没有发现到他的踪影,于是债主们就黯然地离开了。
The study tours covered reginas shelter belt research institute , the indian head research center , community pastures , saskatoon irrigation diversity research center , the agriculture research center at saskatchewan university , the swift current research station , lethbridges irrigation demonstration farms and research center , the alberta research institute , the elerslie research farm , the lacombe research stations , the western beef group , transaltas coal mine land reclamation project and some typical farms and pastures 参观考察了位于里贾纳的防护林研究中心印第安海德研究中心社区牧场萨斯卡通灌溉多样化研究中心萨斯喀彻温大学内的联邦农业部农业研究中心斯威夫特卡伦特研究站莱斯布里奇的灌溉示范农场莱斯布里奇研究中心阿尔伯塔省研究院elerslie研究农场拉康姆猪研究站和西部肉牛小组transalta煤矿复垦项目以及一些典型的农牧场。