| 釋義 |
swallow1 /'swolau; 'swalo/ n kinds of small, swift-flying insect-eating bird with a forked tail, which migrates to warm countries, eg to England every summer, and is associated with the beginning of summer. 燕子 (體小、飛行迅速、食昆蟲的小鳥，尾部分叉，徙棲溫暖成，如夏季遷徙至英格蘭，故在英國燕子使人聯(lián)想到初夏) o e the illus at bird. 參看 bird 之插圖。 One ~ doesn't make a summer, (prov) It is unwise to form a judgement on the basis of a single instance. (諺) 一燕不成夏 (僅憑一個駐例即下判斷是不智的) 。' ~ dive n dive with the arms outspread till close to the water. 燕子式跳水 (跳起時兩手分開，近水時合攏) 。 '~tailed adj (of butterflies, birds) with a deeply forked tail; (of a man's coat) with long tails (as of an evening dress coat). (指蝴蝶, 鳥類) 尾巴分叉長的; (指男服) 燕尾形式的 (如晚禮服) 。 |