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 交換（東西） - swap (something) (with somebody)
I've finished this magazine. Can I swap with you? 這本雜志我看完了，能跟你交換一下嗎？ - swap something for something
I swapped my red scarf for her blue one. 我用我的紅圍巾換了她的藍圍巾。 - swap something
Can we swap places? I can't see the screen. 咱倆交換一下座位好不好？我看不見銀幕。 We spent the evening in the pub swapping stories (= telling each other stories) about our travels. 我們一晚上坐在酒吧裏講述各自的旅途經歷。
- swap (something) (with somebody)
- [intransitive] swap (over)
to start doing somebody else’s job, etc. while they do yours 交換（工作） - [transitive] (especially British English)
to replace one person or thing with another 用…替換；把…換成；掉換
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 通常用於否定句 to be in somebody else’s situation （與某人）交換位置，交換處境 I'm perfectly happy—I wouldn't swap places with anyone. 我非常高興——我不會和任何人交換位置。