sway

Các nghĩa

1. đu · đung đưa

   To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.

   intransitive

   sway to the music

   The trees swayed in the breeze.

   The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways / Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays

2. đu đưa, vung

   To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.

   transitive

   to sway the sceptre

   As sparckles from the Anduile vse to fly, / When heauie hammers on the wedge are swaid

3. chi phối, ảnh hưởng

   To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.

   transitive

   Do you think you can sway their decision?

   This was the race / To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.

4. làm nghiêng, làm lệch

   To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.

   transitive

   reeds swayed by the wind

   judgment swayed by passion

   Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more durable interest.

5. kéo lên, đưa lên

   To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.

   transitive

   to sway up the yards

6. nghiêng, ngả

   To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.

   euen in these Personall Respects, the Ballance swayes on our part: […]

Dạng khác

• sways present, singular, third-person
• swaying participle, present
• swayed participle, past