swallow
吞,咽;忍耐,忍受;
不流露;忍受,轻信;
[鸟]燕子;胃管,食道;一次吞咽的量;(滑车等的)通索孔
变形
复数:swallows过去式:swallowed过去分词:swallowed现在分词:swallowing第三人称单数:swallows
双语释义
- vt. & vi. 咽下 move (food or drink) down the throat from the mouth
- vt. 使消失 take sb/sth into itself so that he/it can no longer be seen
- vt. 容忍 accept patiently
英英释义
swallow[ 'swɔləu ]
- n.
- a small amount of liquid food
同义词:sup
- the act of swallowing
"one swallow of the liquid was enough"
同义词:drinkdeglutition
- small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
- a small amount of liquid food
- v.
- pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
同义词:get down
- engulf and destroy
"The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
同义词:immerseswallow upburyeat up
- utter indistinctly
"She swallowed the last words of her speech"
- take back what one has said
"He swallowed his words"
同义词:take backunsaywithdraw
- keep from expressing
"I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
- tolerate or accommodate oneself to
"I swallowed the insult"
同义词:acceptlive with
- believe or accept without questioning or challenge
"Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
- pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
词汇搭配
- swallow one's anger强忍心中的怒火
- swallow one's resentment强忍心中的愤恨
- swallow one's words食言
- swallow eagerly急切地咽下
- swallow greedily贪婪地咽下
- swallow hastily匆忙地咽下
- swallow hungrily渴望咽下
- swallow hurriedly仓促地咽下
- swallow eventually最终咽下
- swallow unexpectedly意外地咽下
- swallow vigorously有力地咽下
- swallow down吞下去
- swallow up使消失,吞下去,耗尽,占用
- swallow up one's earnings耗尽挣来的钱
词组短语
swallow up淹没;吞下去;耗尽
同近义词辨析
这组词都有“吃”的意思,其区别是:
dine正式用词,既可指一日三餐中的任何一餐,也可以指特殊的用餐。
gorge侧重指拼命地吃或塞,强调吃饱或吃得过量。
have可与eat换用,但强调一次性的动作。
swallow主要指吃的整个过程的第二部分“咽”,并常指咀嚼得匆匆忙忙地吃。
eat普通用词,使用广泛。既可用于人,也可用于动物。
devour指狼吞虎咽地吃,强调吃得既快又彻底。
consume侧重痛痛快快地吃得一干二净,可用于人和动物。
双语例句
- There are many swallows flying in the sky.
天空中有许多燕子。 - The swallow has made a nest under our eaves.
燕子在我们的屋檐下垒了一个窝。 - He downed the medicine at one swallow.
他一口便把药全吞下了。 - Let me take a swallow of beer.
让我喝口啤酒。
- They can't treat me like that; I'm not going to swallow it.
他们不能这样对待我,我忍不下这口气。 - He swallowed all the criticism without saying a thing.
他默默地忍受一切责难。 - You must chew your food well before you swallow it.
食物吞下去之前先要细细咀嚼。 - His lips worked as he tried to swallow the food.
他使劲儿把食物咽下去,嘴唇都扭曲起来。 - He couldn't swallow because of a sore throat.
他因嗓子疼而不能吞咽。 - You should have a try, don't swallow anybody.
不要轻信任何人,你得亲自去试一试。 - She swallowed her anger and carried on.
她忍气吞声地继续进行下去。 - The company was swallowed up in a corporate merger.
该公司在一次公司合并中被收购了。