swaps
swaps — 名詞
- swapssingular
- swapsesplural
1. a situation in which two people or groups give each other one thing and receive
交換；交換物
互相交換的行為或物品
a situation in which two people or groups give each other one thing and receive another thing in return, or the thing that is received in such a deal.
The children organized a book swap at their school last Friday.
上週五，孩子們在學校辦了一場書籍交換活動。
common compound: book swap
Mauricio offered to do a fair swap of his bicycle for Dewi's scooter.
Mauricio 提議用他的腳踏車公平交換 Dewi 的滑板車。
pattern: a swap of X for Y
We agreed on a swap: Kevin fixed the fence and Yan painted the kitchen.
我們同意交換：Kevin 負責修理圍籬，Yan 負責粉刷廚房。
The apartment swap let both families enjoy a holiday abroad without paying for a hotel.
這趟公寓交換讓兩個家庭都能到國外度假，而且不必支付飯店費用。
compound: apartment swap
- fair swap
- book swap
- house swap
- job swap
- swap deal
- swap meet
- retention
the act of keeping something rather than giving it away
文法句型
a swap of [noun]
[noun] + swap
用法筆記
Commonly used as the second part of a compound noun (e.g. book swap, house swap, job swap) to describe a specific type of exchange.
常見錯誤
swaps — 動詞
- swapspresent simple I / you / we / they
- swapses3rd person singular
- swapsing-ing form
- swapsedpast simple
1. to give one thing to someone and at the same time receive a different thing from
互換；交換
拿某物換取另一物
to give one thing to someone and at the same time receive a different thing from them — for example, swapping a lunch item with a friend, or swapping seats on a bus.
Eleni swapped her sandwich for Jude's pasta salad at lunchtime.
Eleni 在午餐時間用她的三明治換了 Jude 的義大利麵沙拉。
pattern: swap X for Y
The two friends swapped phone numbers before the summer holidays began.
這兩個朋友在暑假開始前交換了電話號碼。
Dewi decided to swap her evening shift with a colleague who needed time off.
Dewi 決定和一位需要休假的同事交換她的晚班。
pattern: swap X with someone
Yan swapped the red curtains for blue ones after painting the living room white.
Yan 把客廳漆成白色後，將紅色窗簾換成了藍色的。
The night-shift nurse asked if she could swap her Friday roster with Kevin's Saturday.
那位大夜班護士問她能否用週五的班表交換 Kevin 的週六班表。
pattern: swap X with Y's [noun]
- swap seats
- swap places
- swap stories
- swap phone numbers
- swap recipes
- swap ideas
- keep
to continue to hold something rather than give it away
文法句型
swap [noun] for [noun]
swap [noun] with [someone]
用法筆記
When specifying what you receive, use 'for': swap A for B. When specifying the other person, use 'with': swap A with someone. Both can appear together: swap A with someone for B.