swap
柯林斯词典
1. V-RECIP If you swap something with someone, you give it to them and receive a different thing in exchange. 交换
Next week they will swap places and will repeat the switch weekly. 下周他们将互换位置，以后将每周换一次。
I know a sculptor who swaps her pieces for drawings by a well-known artist. 我知道有个雕塑家用她自己的作品去换一位著名画家的画作。
2. N-COUNT Swap is also a noun. 交换
Over the long term, a swap of some kind is clearly in the public interest. 从长远看，有点交换显然是为了公共利益。
3. V-T If you swap one thing for another, you remove the first thing and replace it with the second, or you stop doing the first thing and start doing the second. 调换
Despite the heat, he'd swapped his overalls for a suit and tie. 尽管天气炎热，他还是把他的工装裤换成了西装和领带。
He has swapped his hectic rock star's lifestyle for that of a country gentleman. 他已放弃紧张忙碌的摇滚明星的生活，改做乡村绅士。
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swap /swɒp/ (swapping,swapped,swaps)
BRIT also swop
剑桥词典
- to give something and be given something else instead
- Would you mind swapping those plates over?
- We swapped houses during the children's school holidays .
- Do you want to swap places ?
- If you prefer to sit next to Chris, I'll swap seats with you.
- They've swapped their old car for a much larger one. 返回 swap
交换，交易
When you've finished reading your book , and I've finished mine, can we swap? 我们看完各自的书之后交换一下好吗?
We swapped addresses with the people we met on holiday . 我们与度假时认识的人交换了地址。
When he got a job in a bank , he had to swap his jeans and T-shirt for a suit (= he had to wear formal clothes instead of informal ones ). 他找到一份银行的工作后，就不得不脱下牛仔裤和T恤衫，改穿西装了。
[ 后面接一个直接宾语和一个间接宾语的动词 ] I'll swap you my chocolate bar for your peanuts . 我拿我的巧克力换你的花生。
We spent the evening swapping (= telling each other) stories /jokes . 我们整晚都在轮流讲故事／笑话。
同义词
exchange verb
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