swap
verb(also swop)
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they swap | |
| he / she / it swaps | |
| past simple swapped | |
| past participle swapped | |
| -ing form swapping |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to give something to somebody and receive something in exchange 交换（东西） - swap (something) (with somebody)
I've finished this magazine. Can I swap with you? 这本杂志我看完了，能跟你交换一下吗？ - swap something for something
I swapped my red scarf for her blue one. 我用我的红围巾换了她的蓝围巾。 - swap something
Can we swap places? I can't see the screen. 咱俩交换一下座位好不好？我看不见银幕。 We spent the evening in the pub swapping stories (= telling each other stories) about our travels. 我们一晚上坐在酒吧里讲述各自的旅途经历。
- swap (something) (with somebody)
- [intransitive] swap (over)
to start doing somebody else’s job, etc. while they do yours 交换（工作） - [transitive] (especially British English)
to replace one person or thing with another 用…替换；把…换成；掉换
Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘throw forcibly’): probably imitative of a resounding blow. Current senses have arisen from an early use meaning ‘strike hands as a token of agreement’.
Idioms
change/swap places (with somebody)
swap/change places (with somebody)
(usually used in negative sentences 通常用于否定句 to be in somebody else’s situation （与某人）交换位置，交换处境 I'm perfectly happy—I wouldn't swap places with anyone. 我非常高兴——我不会和任何人交换位置。