swallow的意思

基本释义

• v 忍受；吞没

  If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach

• n 燕子；一次吞咽的量

  a small black and white bird that comes to northern countries in the summer

例句

1. You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B.

   你被要求吞下一颗含维生素B的胶囊。

2. Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed, and swallowed.

   波莉咬了一口那个苹果，嚼了嚼吞了下去。

3. Chew well before swallowing.

   细嚼再慢咽。

4. His throat was so painful that he could hardly swallow.

   他的嗓子疼,几乎咽不下东西。

5. Taking pills is easy,just put them in your mouths and swallow.

   吃药丸容易,只要把药丸放在嘴里咽下去。

6. He swallowed in large draughts.

   他大口大口地吞食。

7. He swallowed hard and turned to face his accuser.

   他强忍下去

短语

• swallow up 淹没；吞下去；耗尽
• swallow sth ⇔ down

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. the act of swallowing e.g. one swallow of the liquid was enough he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips Synonym: drinkdeglutition 2. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations 3. a small amount of liquid food e.g. a sup of ale Synonym: sup verb 1. believe or accept without questioning or challenge e.g. Am I supposed to swallow that story? 2. tolerate or accommodate oneself to e.g. I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions I swallowed the insult She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies Synonym: acceptlive with 3. keep from expressing e.g. I swallowed my anger and kept quiet 4. take back what one has said e.g. He swallowed his words Synonym: take backunsaywithdraw 5. utter indistinctly e.g. She swallowed the last words of her speech 6. engulf and destroy e.g. The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries 7. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking e.g. Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you! Synonym: get down 8. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing e.g. The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter Synonym: immerse swallow upburyeat up

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