swan
n
1 large graceful (usu white) water-bird with a long thin neck 天鹅. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page v.
2 (idm 习语) all sb's geese are swans => goose. swan, v (-nn-) [Ipr, Ip]
~ off, around, etc (infml derog 口, 贬) go off, around, etc in a leisurely but irresponsible manner 优游自在而不负责任地走开、 闲逛等
swanning around (the town) in her new sports car when she should have been at work 在本该她工作的时间, 却开著她那辆新跑车(在城里)到处兜风
Are you swanning off on holiday again? 你又是一走了之度假去了吗?
We will take the Endeavour. It is a good, strong ship, though not very fast. There will be a lot of room below for stores.
我们用“奋力号”。它虽然速度不算快,但却是一只完好、结实的船。船体下面有很多地方还可以放储存品。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read