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VERB
挥起（棍棒等）击打
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.
例句
She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly...
她打拉斯蒂就像在打一只苍蝇。
He swiped me across the shoulder with the poker.
他用拨火棍打我的肩膀。
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VERB
偷窃
If you swipe something, you steal it quickly.
例句
Five soldiers were each fined ￡140 for swiping a wheelchair from a disabled tourist...
5 名士兵因偷窃一名残疾人游客的轮椅而每人被罚款 140 英镑。
Everywhere I went, people kept trying to swipe my copy of The New York Times.
无论我走到哪儿，总有人想要顺走我的那份《纽约时报》。
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N-COUNT
(通常指间接的)批评,抨击
If you take a swipe at a person or an organization, you criticize them, usually in an indirect way.
例句
Genesis recorded a song which took a swipe at greedy property developers who bought up and demolished people's homes...
吉妮西丝录制了一首歌来抨击那些买下并毁坏人们家园的贪婪的房地产开发商。
In a swipe at the president, he called for an end to 'begging for aid around the world'.
在对总统含沙射影的批评中，他呼吁停止“满世界乞求援助”。
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VERB
刷(信用卡等)
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.
例句
Swipe your card through the phone, then dial.
在电话机上刷卡，然后拨号。