Tra từ sway - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be blowing/swaying/flapping etc in the wind
▪ The trees were all swaying in the wind.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
gently
▪ The summer sun spilled over the gardens, the trees swayed gently, the leaves rustling like soft, applauding hands.
▪ Bayfront Park, lined with gently swaying Palm trees, was a marked contrast to the gravity of the day.
▪ He was still fishing, the line plumbing the depths of the water, gently swaying in the light breeze.
▪ The peacock silk curtains swayed gently in the breeze.
▪ There he was silently surveying the world, swaying gently on a twig near the top of the tree!
slightly
▪ You see, the fellow didn't walk, he had this strange mincing walk, hips slightly swaying.
▪ The right panel dangled from its upper hinge, swaying slightly, its rusted hinge producing a soft, musical squeak.
▪ He emerged swearing softly at himself and swaying slightly.
▪ She held him with her eyes closed, swaying slightly.
▪ To her horror, Agnes saw that the old woman was swaying slightly.-The Count smiled. ` Excellent!
▪ He stood on the moonlit grass, swaying slightly, holding himself upright but still fast asleep.
▪ The figure swayed slightly on its base, then was still.
▪ He stood for a moment, his body swaying slightly.
NOUN
hold
▪ It is difficult to establish which of the two scientific theories could hold sway.
▪ This of course benefits the income of the less expensive factor of production, as is inevitable when capital holds sway.
opinion
▪ These arguments have yet to sway public opinion.
▪ Others said they have already decided who will get their vote, and the vice presidential selection will not sway their opinion.
tree
▪ Monkeying around Above the rainforest in Kakum, the trees are swaying a little more violently than usual.
▪ Palm trees sway on the backs of countless cotton shirts.
▪ The dappled night shadows, the inky blue trees sway lightly in the breeze.
▪ In the distance a few lights from Five Oaks blinked through the apple and pine trees swaying in the wind.
▪ At the bottom of the hill, six poplar trees swayed, graceful as girls with their hair long.
▪ The trees swayed and sighed gently in the soft wind.
▪ Pine trees, swayed by the north wind, whisper; the bracken sighs.
▪ Palm trees are swaying in the breeze, skies are blue and the sea is even bluer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A light wind was making the branches sway.
▪ Donny swayed drunkenly as he walked back to his car.
▪ Ed's parents never tried to sway him, but they are happy with the decision he's made.
▪ Insecure people are often easily swayed by flattery.
▪ Mel swayed her hips in time with the music.
▪ The boat swayed from side to side in the storm.
▪ The court is unlikely to be swayed by those arguments.
▪ The judge was not swayed by her apology.
▪ The ski lifts were swaying alarmingly from side to side.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Before long I had rejoined the tribe, swaying shoulder to shoulder with them as I thumped on a cast-iron pan.
▪ But, again, he failed to sway the jury, which returned a first-degree murder verdict.
▪ On the way I noticed that the pavement swayed from side to side and the road heaved up and down.
▪ They groped their way to a plastic table and sat facing the swaying shadows at the bar.
▪ We could do pullups on the steady, immobile high bar instead of on our clanking, swaying ceiling pipes.
▪ We should never allow ourselves to be swayed by our feelings.
▪ Without influence in Delhi or among the Tamils she was powerless to sway events.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
VERB
hold
▪ The game afoot has gone way beyond technology into the realm of perception where Microsoft Corp holds almost total sway.
▪ That romantic notion held sway over me, and probably delayed my perception of Clarisa as some one with a medical problem.
▪ The Marsh End at that time had at least two moles who held sway in their different ways over moles of their generation.
▪ Suddenly new possibilities are springing to life where previously deadlock and despair held sway.
▪ It's a place for Comici's drop-of-water philosophy to hold sway.
▪ But even vaporized as the bond market is, it holds tremendous sway over our times.
▪ She knew that in prison time no longer holds the same sway as in the free world outside.
▪ Gothic art held sway, in general, for three centuries.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hold sway
▪ The old communist party still holds sway in many rural areas.
▪ This all happened long ago, when priests held sway over the majority of the Irish people.
▪ His reputedly Herculean virility long remained a byword throughout the district over which he held sway.
▪ It's a place for Comici's drop-of-water philosophy to hold sway.
▪ Nearly 10 years later, she still holds sway on Wall Street.
▪ Suddenly new possibilities are springing to life where previously deadlock and despair held sway.
▪ That is why we feel justified in saying that Realism has held sway for the last forty years.
▪ That romantic notion held sway over me, and probably delayed my perception of Clarisa as some one with a medical problem.
▪ The Marsh End at that time had at least two moles who held sway in their different ways over moles of their generation.
▪ This of course benefits the income of the less expensive factor of production, as is inevitable when capital holds sway.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ No one has more sway with Congress than the media.
▪ the constant sway of the small aircraft
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Nearly 10 years later, she still holds sway on Wall Street.
▪ Nineteenth-century forms and styles held sway until the 1920s when they were replaced by their horrendous antithesis - Functionalism.
▪ That boy had held such sway.
▪ The sway of the crowd sent him sprawling.
▪ The line weaves back and forth in the water, in sinister sway.
▪ The same attitudes held sway in Vienna.

sway

I. sway¹ /sweɪ/ verb
[date : 1200-1300; Origin : Probably from a Scandinavian language]
1. [INTRANSITIVE]
to move slowly from one side to another:
　 ▪ The trees swayed gently in the breeze.

2. [TRANSITIVE]
to influence someone so that they change their opinion:
　 ▪ Don’t allow yourself to be swayed by his promises.
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THESAURUS
▪move to go to a different place, or change the position of your body :
　 ▪ Sarah moved away from the window.
　 ▪ Every time I move I get a pain in my left shoulder.
▪sway to move slowly from one side to the other :
　 ▪ The branches swayed in the wind.
　 ▪ Donny swayed drunkenly as he walked back to his car.
▪rock to move repeatedly from one side to another, with small gentle movements :
　 ▪ He rocked backward and forward in his chair.
　 ▪ The boat rocked from side to side with the waves.
▪wobble to move unsteadily from side to side :
　 ▪ The bike wobbled a bit, but she soon got it under control.
▪fidget to keep moving or playing with your fingers, hands, feet etc, because you are bored or nervous :
　 ▪ Diana fidgeted nervously with her pencil.
▪squirm to make very small movements from side to side with your body, especially because you feel uncomfortable :
　 ▪ By the end of the hour, most of the children were squirming in their seats.
▪wriggle to make small movements from side to side, especially in order to get into or out of something :
　 ▪ The dog wriggled under the fence and escaped into the street.
　 ▪ She managed to wriggle into the dress, but it was much too tight.
▪twitch if part of your body twitches, it makes small movements that you cannot control :
　 ▪ A muscle on Yang’s face twitched.
▪stir written to make a movement – used especially when describing a situation in which no one moves, or someone wakes up :
　 ▪ In the village a dog barked but no one stirred
　 ▪ The sleeping child stirred and opened her eyes.
▪budge to move – used when you are trying hard to make something move, often without success :
　 ▪ The piano wouldn’t budge.

II. sway² noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
1. literary power to rule or influence people:
　 ▪ These old attitudes still hold sway in the church.
under sb’s sway
　 ▪ She was now completely under his sway.

2. a swinging movement from side to side:
　 ▪ the sway of the ship