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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 12158 COCA: 8983

swarm

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 swarm /ˈswoɚm/ noun
plural swarms
1 swarm
/ˈswoɚm/
noun
plural swarms
Learner's definition of SWARM
[count]
: a very large number of insects moving together一大群(移动中的昆虫)
often used figuratively常用作比喻
2 swarm /ˈswoɚm/ verb
swarms; swarmed; swarming
2 swarm
/ˈswoɚm/
verb
swarms; swarmed; swarming
Learner's definition of SWARM
[no object] : to move in a large group成群地移动
[no object] : to be surrounded or filled with a large group of insects, people, etc., moving together(被大群昆虫或人等)挤满
[+ object] : to surround (something or someone) with a large group成群地包围
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 12158 COCA: 8983

swarm

1 of 3

noun

1
a
: a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
b
: a colony of honeybees settled in a hive
2
a
: a large number of animate or inanimate things massed together and usually in motion : throng
swarms of sightseers
a swarm of locusts
a swarm of meteors
b
: a number of similar geologic features or phenomena close together in space or time
a swarm of dikes
an earthquake swarm

swarm

2 of 3

verb (1)

swarmed; swarming; swarms

intransitive verb

1
: to form and depart from a hive in a swarm
2
a
: to move or assemble in a crowd : throng
b
: to hover about in the manner of a bee in a swarm
3
: to contain a swarm : teem
swarming with bugs

transitive verb

1
: to fill with a swarm
2
: to beset or surround in a swarm
players swarming the quarterback
swarmer noun

swarm

3 of 3

verb (2)

swarmed; swarming; swarms

intransitive verb

: to climb with the hands and feet
specifically : shin
swarm up a pole

transitive verb

: to climb up : mount

Example Sentences

Noun a swarm of tourists descends upon the island every summer

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English swearm; akin to Old High German swaram swarm and probably to Latin susurrus hum

Verb (2)

origin unknown

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Verb (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of swarm was before the 12th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 12158 COCA: 8983

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