sway

sallanmak, salınmak

Bir yandan diğer yana veya ileri geri hafifçe hareket etmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To move gently from side to side or backward and forward.

• The trees swayed in the wind.
• She sways gently while holding the baby.
• We stood together and swayed to the slow music.

Nasıl kullanılır: sway to something (The crowd swayed to the music.)

Eş anlamlılar: rock, swing

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: sway to music, sway in something, sway back and forth

etkilemek, ikna etmek

Birinin düşüncesini, kararını veya davranışını değiştirecek etki yapmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To influence what someone thinks, decides, or does.

• His argument did not sway me.
• The new evidence swayed the jury.
• Will these promises sway voters toward your party?

Nasıl kullanılır: sway someone toward something (Her speech swayed voters toward the new party.); be swayed by something (Do not be swayed by empty promises.)

Eş anlamlılar: influence, persuade

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: sway someone, sway public opinion, sway a decision

yukarı çekmek, kaldırmak

Geminin direğini veya yelken taşıyan bir sırığı kaldırıp yerine yerleştirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To lift a ship’s mast or a pole for its sails into position.

• The sailors began to sway the mast.
• They swayed the yard up before attaching the sail.
• The crew used ropes to sway the heavy pole into position.

Nasıl kullanılır: sway something up (The crew swayed the yard up using heavy ropes.)

Eş anlamlılar: hoist, raise

Zıt anlamlılar: lower

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: sway up something, sway the mast

etki, nüfuz

İnsanları etkileme veya olayların gidişini yönlendirme gücü.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: The power to influence people or control what happens.

• His opinion carries little sway here.
• The old traditions still hold sway in this village.
• The minister came under the sway of powerful business leaders.

Nasıl kullanılır: hold sway over someone/something (The family still holds sway over local politics.); have sway with someone (She has considerable sway with the board.)

Eş anlamlılar: influence, power, authority

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: hold sway, under someone’s sway, political sway

sallanma, salınım

Bir yandan diğer yana veya ileri geri hafifçe hareket etme.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A gentle movement from side to side or backward and forward.

• The boat had a gentle sway.
• She danced with a slow sway of her hips.
• The sway of the trees showed how strong the wind was.

Eş anlamlılar: swing, rocking

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: gentle sway, rhythmic sway, sway of something