swift
A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is…A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
» The stream is not very swift.
Течение не очень быстрое.
Значение
значений: 7A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
Segler
стрижstriž
стрижstryž
a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
Garnwinde
мотови́лоmotovýlo
The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
(устаревшее)The current of a stream.
Примеры
предложений: 70The stream is not very swift.
Течение не очень быстрое.
Life is short and time is swift.
Жизнь коротка, а время стремительно.
deDas Leben ist kurz und die Zeit vergeht im Fluge.
The stream isn't very swift.
Jonathan Swift would defend me.
Джонатан Свифт меня бы защитил.
The swallow is swift in flight.
Ласточка быстра в полёте.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 2
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Происхождение
From Middle English swift, from Old English swift (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Germanic *sFrom Middle English swift, from Old English swift (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weyp- (“to twist; wind around”). Cognate with Icelandic svipta (“to pull quickly”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”). More at swivel.
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Формы
мн. число: swiftsСинонимы
синонимов: 11- an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745):Jonathan SwiftDean Swift
- United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903):Gustavus Franklin Swift
- common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks:western fence lizardblue-bellySceloporus occidentalis