swipe /swaɪp/ TEM8 ( swiping, swiped, swipes )

• 1. 

  V-I If you swipe at a person or thing, you try to hit them with a stick or other object, making a swinging movement with your arm. 抡打

  例：

  She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly.

  她像在打一只苍蝇一样抡打拉斯蒂。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Swipe is also a noun. 抡打

  例：

  He took a swipe at Andrew that deposited him on the floor.

  他朝安德鲁一记抡打让他倒在地板上。

• 3. 

  V-T If you swipe something, you steal it quickly. 扒窃 [非正式]

  例：

  She was convicted of swiping more than $5,500 worth of goods from Saks Fifth Avenue.

  她从萨克斯第五大道百货公司扒窃了价值超过$5500的商品而被判有罪。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT If you take a swipe at a person or an organization, you criticize them, usually in an indirect way. (以间接的方式) 批评

  例：

  Genesis recorded a song which took a swipe at greedy property developers who bought up and demolished people's homes.

  吉尼西丝录制了一首歌曲，对买下并拆毁他人家园的贪婪房地产开发商进行抨击。

• 5. 

  V-T If you swipe a credit card or swipe card through a machine, you pass it through a narrow space in the machine so that the machine can read information on the card's magnetic strip. 刷 (卡)

  例：

  Swipe your card through the phone, then dial.

  在电话机上刷卡，然后拨号。