swap ( swop) /BrEswɒp; NAmEswɑːp/ (-pp-) ► SEE ALLswap around/over/round swap sb/sth around/over/round swap over (to sth)swap sb/sth over (to sth)●ˌswap aˈround/ˈover/ˈround (informal, especially BrE) if two people swap around/over/round, they move to where the other person was before or start doing each other’s jobs(两人)对调位置,交换工作◆I’ll drive there and you can read the map. We’ll swap over on the way back. 去时我开车,你看地图。回来时我们交换位置。SYNchange over/round (BrE) [v + adv]●ˌswap sb/sth aˈround/ˈover/ˈround (informal, especially BrE) to replace sb/sth with sb/sth else替换◆At half-time the manager swapped some of the players around. 主教练在半场时把几名队员换下了场。SYNchange sb/sth round/around[v + n/pron + adv][v + adv + n] (rare) ●ˌswap ˈover (to sth)●ˌswap sb/sth ˈover (to sth)to change from one situation, position, etc. to another; to make sb do this(使)从(一种情况、位置)转换到(另一种)◆We swapped over from an electric cooker to gas. 我们把电炉灶具换成了煤气炉。◆Have you been swapped over to the new computer system yet? 有人给你装新的计算机系统了吗?SYNswitch over, etc.[v + adv][v + n/pron + adv][v + adv + n] (less frequent)