swap /swɒp/ CET6 TEM8 ( swapping, swapped, swaps )

BRIT also swop

• 1. 

  V-RECIP If you swap something with someone, you give it to them and receive a different thing in exchange. 交换

  例：

  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。

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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。

  例：

  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。