swipe

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. 掄打

She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly. 她像在打一衹蒼蠅一樣掄打拉斯蒂。

2. N-COUNT Swipe is also a noun. 掄打

He took a swipe at Andrew that deposited him on the floor. 他朝安德魯一記掄打讓他倒在地板上。

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

She was convicted of swiping more than $5,500 worth of goods from Saks Fifth Avenue. 她從薩尅斯第五大道百貨公司扒竊了價(jià)值超過$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. (以間接的方式) 批評

Genesis recorded a song which took a swipe at greedy property developers who bought up and demolished people's homes. 吉尼西絲錄制了一首歌曲，對買下竝拆燬他人家園的貪婪房地産開發(fā)商進(jìn)行抨擊。

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)

Swipe your card through the phone, then dial. 在電話機(jī)上刷卡，然後撥號。