n. 【鸟类】燕子。 One swallow does not make a summer. 一只燕子不成夏天,不可光凭偶然现象就下断语。 swallow dive 燕式跳水。 swallow coat 燕尾服。 swallow's nest 燕子的窝;燕窝;高处的东西;高地炮兵阵地,高地射击队[便衣队]。 vt. 1.吞,咽 (down up in)。 2.轻信,囫囵吞枣地不加考虑。 3.淹没 (up)。 4.忍耐,忍受(侮辱)。 5.收回(前言)。 6.耗尽,用尽,消尽。 vi. 吞,咽。 Such stories are rather hard to swallow. 这种故事很难相信。 swallow hook, line, and sinker 〔美俚〕轻信。 The expenses swallow up most of the profits. 花费大而利润少。 swallow a camel 吞下骆驼〔隐忍无法无天的事情等〕。 swallow one's teeth 〔美国〕,swallow one's words 收回前言,认错道歉。 swallow the anchor 永远脱离航海生活;〔美俚〕离开美国海军。 swallow the bait 上钩,上当。 swallow up 吞下去;卷进去;耗尽。 n. 1.吞咽;一咽,一吞。 2.胃管,食道;咽喉,喉咙。 3.吸孔。 4.【航海】(滑车等的)通索孔。 短语和例子 at one swallow 一口就。 have a small swallow食道狭窄。 take a swallow of 吞一口。 adj. -able 可吞食的。
the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" 同义词:drink, deglutition,
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale" 同义词:sup,
believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband''s little idiosyncrasies" 同义词:accept, live with,
keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" 同义词:take back, unsay, withdraw,
utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech"
engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won''t kill you!" 同义词:get down,
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" 同义词:immerse, swallow up, bury, eat up,
The swallows and martins are a group of passerine birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial feeding. Swallow is used colloquially in Europe as a synonym for the Barn Swallow.
例句与用法
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Chew your food well before you swallow it . 食物在吞咽前要仔细咀嚼。
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Swallows fly about , carefree and at liberty . 燕子自由自在地飞翔。
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An angry billow almost swallowed that ship . 怒涛几乎吞没了那条船。
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She swallowed her anger and carried on . 她忍气吞声地继续进行下去。
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Lennie stopped chewing and swallowed . 伦尼停止咀嚼,囫囵咽了下去。
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Everybody was swallowed up in the distance . 每个人都消逝到远方。
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The dog disgorged the bone it had swallowed . 狗吐出吞下的骨头。
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The jungle swallowed up the explorers . 探险人员消失在密林里了。
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This deeper anxiety swallowed them up . 更大的烦恼把它们淹没了。
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This deeper anxiety swallowed them up . 更大的烦恼把他们淹没了。