forswallow

词形变化

forswallows 三单 forswallowing 现在分词 forswallowed 过去式 forswallowed 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To swallow up; devour utterly; engulf.

    废旧 及物

词源

From Middle English forswolewen, forswoluwen, forswolȝen, forswalȝen, forswelȝen, from Old English forswelgan, forswilgan (“to swallow up, devour, consume, absorb”), from Proto-Germanic *farswelganą, *fraswelganą (“to devour”), from Proto-Germanic *fra- + *swelganą (“to swallow”), equivalent to for- + swallow. Cognate with Dutch verzwelgen (“to engulf, swallow up”), Middle Low German vorswelgen (“to swallow up”), Middle High German verswelgen (“to swallow up”). More at for-, swallow.

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