- 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。