| 词组 | in the swim |
| 释义 | in(to) the swim (of things)Actively involved in and knowledgeable about something. It took me a few months to adjust to my new job, but now I'm really into the swim of things. I want to be in the swim when I come back from leave, so I get updates from my team every week. in the swimActively participating, in the thick of things, as in He was new in town, but he soon got in the swim at school. This expression alludes to the fishing term for a large number of fish in one area, a so-called swim. [Mid-1800s] in the swiminvolved in or aware of current affairs or events.in(to) the ˈswim (of things)(informal) involved in things that are happening in society or in a particular situation: After being away for two years, it took her a while to get back into the swim of things.in the swim Active in the general current of affairs. in the swimActively engaged, in the thick of things. This term comes from fishing, where a large number of fish in one location was sometimes called “a swim.” This term was transferred to mean the main current of affairs. It dates from the mid-nineteenth century. “He knew I was in the swim down here,” wrote Arthur Conan Doyle (The Stock-broker’s Clerk, 1893). |
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