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Swallow Verb 动词 Ed Food   [V N Story

英语单词 swallow
英美音标 英 ['swɒləʊ] 美 ['swɑːloʊ]
中文释义 n.燕子;吞咽;一次吞咽的量
v.忍受;吞下;咽下;轻信;不流露感情;收回
英语例句 (1) There are many swallows flying in the sky.
(2) The swallow has made a nest under our eaves.
(3) He downed the medicine at one swallow.
(4) Let me take a swallow of beer.
(5) They can't treat me like that; I'm not going to swallow it.
(6) You must chew your food well before you swallow it.
(7) His lips worked as he tried to swallow the food.
(8) He couldn't swallow because of a sore throat.
(9) You should have a try, don't swallow anybody.
(10) She swallowed her anger and carried on.
(11) The company was swallowed up in a corporate merger.
中文例句 (1) 天空中有许多燕子。
(2) 燕子在我们的屋檐下垒了一个窝。
(3) 他一口便把药全吞下了。
(4) 让我喝口啤酒。
(5) 他们不能这样对待我,我忍不下这口气。
(6) 食物吞下去之前先要细细咀嚼。
(7) 他使劲儿把食物咽下去,嘴唇都扭曲起来。
(8) 他因嗓子疼而不能吞咽。
(9) 不要轻信任何人,你得亲自去试一试。
(10) 她忍气吞声地继续进行下去。
(11) 该公司在一次公司合并中被收购了。
vocabulary简明 When you swallow food or liquid is pushed from your mouth to the esophagus. Chew your food well before you swallow it.
vocabulary扩展 As a verb, swallow means "to enclose or envelop completely," like quicksand that swallows everything that falls into it. Swallow can also mean "to stop from expressing," like when you swallow your pride and ask for help. The noun swallow describes a gulp, though you don't always do it for digestion; sometimes a few swallows of air help you keep from crying. A swallow is also a type of small songbird.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]吞下;咽下 If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach.
  [V n]
  [V]
  • You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B...

    你要服一粒维生素 B 胶囊。

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

    波利咬了一口苹果,嚼了嚼咽了下去。

  • Swallow is also a noun.
    • Jan lifted her glass and took a quick swallow.

      简拿起玻璃杯猛地喝了一口。

2
[VERB 动词](常因为紧张或恐惧而)做吞咽动作,咽口水 If you swallow, you make a movement in your throat as if you are swallowing something, often because you are nervous or frightened.
  [V]
  • Nancy swallowed hard and shook her head.

    南希用力咽了口口水,摇了摇头。

3
[VERB 动词]完全相信;信以为真 If someone swallows a story or a statement, they believe it completely.
  [V n]
  • It was vital that he swallowed the story about Juanita being in that motel room that night.

    关键是他对朱厄妮塔那晚住在那个汽车旅馆房间里一事毫不怀疑。

  • I too found this story a little hard to swallow.

    我也觉得这件事有点难以置信。

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[VERB 动词]掩饰,抑制(感情) If you swallow your feelings, you do not express them, although you want to very much.
  [V n]
  • Gordon has swallowed the anger he felt...

    戈登忍住了内心的愤怒。

  • He flashed me a quick grin but rapidly swallowed it when he saw my expression.

    他先是冲我咧嘴一笑,不过看到我的表情后又赶紧收起笑脸。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]燕子 A swallow is a kind of small bird with pointed wings and a forked tail.
    6
    a bitter pill to swallow→see:
    pill

    to swallow one's pride→see:
    pride
      相关词组:
      swallow up

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