swallow

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n. 燕子, 吞咽, 喉 vt. 咽, 淹没, 吞没, 耗尽, 轻信, 忍受, 抑制 vi. 吞下, 咽下

发音

UK /ˈswɒl.əʊ/
其它 /ˈswɒl.ə/
US /ˈswɑ.loʊ/
CA /ˈswɑ.loʊ/
US /ˈswɑ.loʊ̯/
CA /ˈswɑ.loʊ̯/
/ˈswɑlə/

词形变化

swallows 复数 swallowed swallowest swalloweth swallowing swallows 三单 swallows swallowing 现在分词 swallowed 过去式 swallowed 过去分词

别名

swalow swolow swaller swallowe

教材释义与例句

动词

忍受；吞没

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

动词

吞下；咽下

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

    古体 可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.

    古体 可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

    口

    可数 不可数

    He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.

  4. 4.

    The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.

    可数 不可数 航海 交通
  5. 5.

    Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing, commonly paired and eaten with various types of soup.

    可数 不可数
  6. 1.

    A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

    燕子

v. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

    吞

    咽

    吞咽

    吞落肚

    及物
  2. 2.

    To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

    不及物

    My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.

  4. 4.

    To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

    相信

    及物
  5. 5.

    To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

    不及物
  6. 6.

    To retract; to recant.

    及物

    to swallow one's opinions

  7. 7.

    To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

    容忍

    及物

    to swallow an affront or insult

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

drink sup deglutition

上位词 7

taste consumption intake mouthful ingestion uptake oscine

下位词 10

martin draft sip gulp draught swig tree swallow aerophagia barn swallow chimney swallow
动词

同义词 10

accept bury withdraw immerse eat up live with swallow up take back unsay get down

上位词 10

have take talk keep believe stand speak mouth bear support

下位词 1

bolt

相关短语

swallow up 淹没, 耗尽 swallow one's pride 放下身段 swallow hole n. 石灰坑 swallow dive 向前跳水（直体） swallow holes swallow tanager swallow the leek swallow dives swallow tanagers swallow a bitter pill swallow the dictionary swallow the anchor 脱离航海生活 swallow one's words 取消前言, 承认失言 swallow down swallow wort [网络] 刺瓜；浅蓝色白屈菜

词源

From Middle English swolwen, from Old English swelgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelgan, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą (“to swallow, revel, devour”), from Proto-Indo-European *swelk- (“to gulp”). Cognate with Dutch zwelgen (“to revel, carouse, guzzle”), German schwelgen (“to delight, indulge”), Swedish svälja (“to swallow, gulp”), Icelandic svelgja (“to swallow”), Old English swillan, swilian (“to swill, wash out, gargle”). See also swill. The noun is from Middle English swolow, swolwe, from Old English swelh, swelg (“gulf, chasm”) and ġeswelge (“gulf, chasm, abyss, whirlpool”), both from Proto-West Germanic *swelg, *swalgi, from Proto-Germanic *swelgaz, *swalgiz. Cognate with Old English swiliġe (“pit”), Scots swelch, swellie, swallie (“an abyss in the sea, whirpool”), Middle Low German swelch (“whirlpool, eddy”), Dutch zwelg (“gorge, chasm, gullet, throat”), Old Norse svelgr (“whirlpool, current, stream”).

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