- 咽下，吞下；勉强把…咽下(常与down连用)：
He contracted his brows and swallowed medicine down.
他皱了皱眉头，然后一口把药水喝了下去。
to swallow one's dinner
狼吞虎咽地吃饭
- 吞没；淹没，使消失(常与up连用)：
The crowd swallowed him up.
他淹没在了人群之中。
He was swallowed in darkness.
他的身影消失在夜幕之中。
- 吞并，侵吞(常与up连用)：
I suspect you have swallowed an enormous sum of the company.
我怀疑你侵吞了公司的一大笔钱。
to swallow the land up
吞并土地
- 耗尽，用尽(常与up连用)：
to swallow up one's savings
用尽某人的积蓄
- 吸收(常与up连用)：
to swallow up the experience of the predecessors
吸收前人的经验
- [口语]轻信，轻易接受：
You should have a try, don't swallow anybody.
不要轻信任何人，你得亲自去试一试。
- 忍受：
She quietly swallows the bully you brought to her.
她默默地忍受着你对她的欺侮。
to swallow an insult
忍辱
- 抑制，忍住，使不流露：
to swallow a sob
忍住不抽噎
She couldn't swallow her anger and poured out dirty words.
她再也忍不住她的怒火，大骂起来。
- [口语]轻信；轻易接受：
She swallowed his words.
她轻信了他的话。
- 全部买去(常与up连用)：
All the copies of Time in my hand have been swallowed by himself.
我这儿的《时报》全被他一个人买走了。
- 收回，取消：
to swallow one's words
承认失言
You can't swallow the promise of financial allocation that you made yesterday.
你不能取消你昨天作出的财政拨款的允诺。
- 把(音、词)发得含糊；含糊地发(音)：
He swallowed his words.
他说的话含含糊糊的，听不明白。