swallow
[NOUN, VERB]
swallows
1. [C 可数名词] 吞咽
A swallow is a movement that causes something to go from your mouth down into your stomach.
双语例句
例：Jan lifted her glass and took a quick swallow.
简举起杯子，迅速咽了一口。
2. [C 可数名词] 燕子
A swallow is a kind of small bird with pointed wings and a forked tail.
NOUN. 名词
swallow up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 吞并
If one thing is swallowed up by another, it becomes part of the first thing and no longer has a separate identity of its own.
双语例句
例：During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.
20世纪80年代期间，庞大的出版公司开始吞并小公司。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 用光（金钱或资源）
If something swallows up money or resources, it uses them entirely while giving very little in return.
双语例句
例：A seven-day TV ad campaign could swallow up the best part of $100,000.
7天的电视广告宣传能花去10万美金。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
swallows , swallowing , swallowed
1. [I 不及物动词] 吞咽
If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach.
双语例句
例：You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B.
你要服一粒含维生素B的胶囊。
例：Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed, and swallowed.
波莉咬了一口那个苹果，嚼了嚼，咽了下去。
2. [I 不及物动词] （常因紧张或害怕而）做吞咽动作
If you swallow, you make a movement in your throat as if you are swallowing something, often because you are nervous or frightened.
双语例句
例：Nancy swallowed hard and shook her head.
南希用力咽了一下口水，摇了摇她的头。
3. [T 及物动词] 完全相信
If someone swallows a story or a statement, they believe it completely.
双语例句
例：They cast doubt on his words when it suited their case, but swallowed them whole when it did not.
他的话与他们的情况吻合时他们就会心生疑虑，但不吻合时他们却完全相信。
VERB. 动词
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