swear

verb · noun · adjectiveA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

swears

V_ing/Gerund

swearing

V_ed/pp

sworesware

1.
(ambitransitive)To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
The knight swore not to return to the palace until he had found the treasure.
Đồng nghĩa: pledge, vow
2.
(transitive)To take an oath that an assertion is true.
The witness swore that the person she had seen running out of the bank was a foot shorter than the accused.
Đồng nghĩa: depose, affirm, testify
3.
(transitive)To promise intensely that something is true; to strongly assert.
I swear I don't know what you're talking about.
My little brother is such a pest, I swear.
4.
(transitive)To administer an oath to (a person).
Let the witness be sworn.
5.
(ambitransitive)To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.
Đồng nghĩa: curse, execrate, turn the air blue
6.
(Northern England, Scotland)To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.
Đồng nghĩa: laze about, loaf, take it easy

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

swearssweersweirswere

1.
A swear word.
Đồng nghĩa: curse, expletive, four-letter word, bad word, curse, curse word, cuss, cussword, dirty word, expletive, foul word, four-letter word, malediction, oath, obscenity, profanity, swear, vulgarity
2.
(Northern England, Scotland)A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
Đồng nghĩa: nap, undermeal

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

swearermore swearswearestmost swear

Superlative

sweersweirswere

1.
(Northern England, Scotland)Heavy.
Đồng nghĩa: massive, massy, weighty
2.
(Northern England, Scotland)Top-heavy; too high.
Đồng nghĩa: overbalanced
3.
(Northern England, Scotland)Dull; lazy; slow.
Đồng nghĩa: idle, work-shy, bone-idle, fainéant, idle, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lazy, lither, otiose, slothful, sluggish, swear, torpid, work-shy
4.
(Northern England, Scotland)Reluctant; unwilling.
Đồng nghĩa: disinclined, loath
5.
(Northern England, Scotland)Niggardly.
Đồng nghĩa: miserly, penurious, as tight as Dick's hatband, cheap, cheeseparing, chintzy, close, close as wax, close-fisted, illiberal, mean, miserable, miserly, narrow-fisted, niggardly, nipcheese, parsimonious, peddling, penny-wise, penny-pinching, penurious, scrooge-like, scrubby, shabby, still got one's communion money, stingy, swear, tight, tight-fisted, tight as a tick, tighter than Dick's hatband, ungenerous, ungiving

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

pledge vow depose affirm testify curseexecrateturn the air blueexpletivefour-letter wordbad wordcurse wordcusscussworddirty wordfoul wordmalediction oath obscenity profanity

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English sweren, swerien, from Old English swerian (to swear, take an oath of office), from *swarjan, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (to speak, swear), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (to swear).