swimming

Compared meaning: swimming, used as a noun (noun).

比较义项：游泳（名词）。

• swim

  Swim is a countable noun for a single occasion of swimming, often used with a or go for a, as in go for a swim; it names one specific instance, not the activity in general.

  swim是可数名词，指某一次具体的游泳活动，常与“a”或“go for a”连用，如“go for a swim”（去游一次泳），强调单次的游泳行为，而不是游泳这项运动或活动本身。

  He took a quick swim in the pool before dinner.

  他晚饭前在泳池里快速游了一次泳。

• swimming 本词

  Swimming is an uncountable noun for the activity or sport of moving through water, used without an article, as when describing exercise, hobbies, or Olympic events.

  swimming是不可数名词，指游泳这项运动或活动本身，通常不加冠词直接使用，用来谈论游泳作为锻炼方式、爱好或奥运项目等。

  Swimming has been part of the Olympics since 1896.

  游泳自1896年起就是奥运会的项目之一。

Both words relate to swimming, but the grammar differs. Swim is a countable noun for one occasion of swimming, often used as go for a swim; it names one specific instance. Swimming is an uncountable noun for the activity or sport, used without an article.

swim和swimming在“游泳”这一意义上容易混淆：swim是可数名词，指某一次具体的游泳活动；swimming是不可数名词，指游泳这项运动或活动整体，用法更宽泛。这里不比较swim用作动词表示“游”的用法，也不比较swimming作为动名词或形容词修饰语（如swimming pool“游泳池”）中的用法。