swot

verb · nounA1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

swots

V_ing/Gerund

swotting

V_ed/pp

swottedswat

1.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, intransitive, slang)To study with effort or determination.
Are you going to swot at it all the evening?
Đồng nghĩa: cram

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

swotsswat

1.
(British, countable, slang, uncountable)One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck.
2.
(British, countable, slang, uncountable)Work.
All I want is — guerre fini, soldat fini; and to go home without burden of any thought save music, and hard swot for a time.
3.
(British, countable, slang, uncountable)Vigorous study at an educational institution.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

cram

Cùng gốc / liên quan

hit the books

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

From a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt (perspiration; sweat), from Proto-Germanic *swaitą (sweat). More at sweat.