cote cot cottage

cote [kəut]
a shed or coop for small domestic animals and especially pigeons
n. 栏；棚；窝；[英国方言]村舍，小屋

cot [kɔt]
a small house
camp bed
a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child
n. 简易床；轻便小床；行军床;小屋

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I could become the crazy aunt who moves in down in the basement.
Put a cot in for me, some herbal teas. I'd like to get a dog, if that's okay?

我可能会变成搬进地下室的疯婆子
帮我弄张床,弄点药茶,我想要条狗,行吗?

cottage ['kɔtidʒ]
a small house, usually in the countryside
n. 小屋；村舍；（农舍式的）小别墅

swoop sweep

sweep [swi:p]
to win all the parts of a competition, or to win very easily
to move, especially quickly and powerfully
to quickly spread through and influence an area:
to clean a room, surface, etc. using a BROOM
to remove and/or take in a particular direction, especially in a fast and powerful way:
to remove sth from a surface using a brush, your hand, etc
to move quickly and/or smoothly, especially in a way that impresses or is intended to impress other people
vt. 扫除；(风等)刮起;(浪等)冲走;席卷；猛烈移动,猛推,猛拉；扫荡;肃清,消灭
环视,眺望；在...中获全胜（横扫的感觉）
vi. 扫，打扫；席卷；扫视；袭击；衣裙摇曳地走(像是在扫地）
n. 打扫，扫除；范围；全胜

例句
Let's give our room a good sweep.
让我们把房间好好打扫一下。
It's a clean sweep; we've won all the prizes.
我们大获全胜;我们赢得了所有的奖品。

swoop [swu:p]
pounce upon with a sweeping movement

to move very quickly and easily through the air, especially down from a height in order to attack:
INFORMAL to make a sudden attack on a place or group of people in order to surround and catch them
vi. 猛扑；突然袭击；突然下降；飞扑
n. 猛扑；俯冲；突然袭击
vt. 攫取；抓去

例句
The hawk swooped down and seized the rabbit.
老鹰突然向下猛扑并抓住了兔子。

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Levi-Strauss writes: Whatever may have been the moment and the circumstances of its appearance in the scale of animal life, language could only have been born in one fell swoop.
列维，施特劳斯写道：,不论语言是何时何种环境下,在动物的历史中诞生的，语言只可能是一刹那间诞生。

swipe[swaip]
sb/sth to hit or try to hit sb/sth with your hand or an object by swinging your arm
(informal) to steal sth
to pass a plastic card, such as a CREDIT CARD, through a special machine that is able to read the information that is stored on it
vt. 猛击；[俚语]偷窃；刷…卡
n. 猛击；尖刻的话
vi. 猛打

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I could actually swipe a card and generate electronic receipt via email and then send it out to a person.
我真的能刷刷卡，发一封邮件把电子回执发给对方.

whip[hwip] tonight=tonite
to hit a person or an animal hard with a whip, as a punishment or to make them go faster or work harder
to move, or make sth move, quickly and suddenly or violently in a particular direction
to remove or pull sth quickly and suddenly
~ sth (up) to stir cream, etc. very quickly until it becomes stiff
vt. 抽打；煽动；搅打（蛋，奶油）；彻底击败
n. 鞭子；抽打；[机] 搅拌器
vi. 抽打；急走；急移;突然行动；拍击

例句
The old man seldom used his whip on his horse.
老人很少用鞭子抽他的马。
The rain whipped the window.
雨水拍打着窗户。
I whipped the cream to make it thicker.
我搅打奶油使其变稠。
You can't whip our team this year.
今年你们不能击败我们队。
Then she whipped out a hairbrush and started to brush her long hair.
接着她迅速抽出一把发梳,开始梳理她的长发。