内容简介

“刷手机” 时在屏幕上用手指 “滑动，往下刷” 的动作，在英语里可以称为 “swipe”。但动词 “swipe” 的意思远不止于此。它还可以表示 “刷卡”、“挥动手臂或物体击打”，甚至还能表示 “偷窃、顺手偷走”。看视频，跟主持人 Becca 学习单词 “swipe” 的四个常见含义和用法。

用法总结

1. swipe（动词）：（用手指）滑动（屏幕）

• You should swipe through some reviews before buying that.

• Swipe up, and you should see the final amount to pay at the bottom.

2. swipe（动词）：刷（卡）

• If you'd like to swipe your card when you're ready, please.

• The card reader won't accept this card. Maybe you should try swiping a different card?

3. swipe（动词）：猛打，挥击

• She swiped her jaw in the boxing match, and now she's even struggling to drink water.

• Be careful! You almost swiped me with your broom!

4. swipe（动词）：偷窃，盗窃

• I had my phone in my pocket a moment ago. I think someone swiped it!

• He has to buy a new pair of headphones for work because the last one was swiped by someone on the train.