| 单词 | swallow |
| 释义 | swallow UK ['swɒl.əʊ] US ['swɑ:.loʊ] verb THROAT 咽喉 IMPROVER intransitive or transitive ■to cause food, drink, pills, etc. to move from your mouth into your stomach by using the muscles of your throat, or to use the muscles of your throat as if doing this 吞咽，吞下，咽下 •My throat is so sore that it really hurts when I swallow.我的喉咙很痛，吞咽起来很难受。 •He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed it whole intransitive ■to use the muscles of your throat, as if moving something from your mouth into your stomach, because you are nervous or frightened, or are about to say something （因为紧张、害怕或要开始说话而）做吞咽动作，吞口水 •He swallowed hard UK ['swɒl.əʊ] US ['swɑ:.loʊ] verb TAKE AWAY 夺走 transitive ■If something large swallows (up) another thing, it makes it disappear or stop existing separately by making it part of itself 吞掉；吞没 •An increasing amount of the countryside is being swallowed (up) •Many small businesses have been swallowed (up) transitive ■to use or take away a large part of something valuable 大量使用，大量夺走（贵重之物） •Taxes have swallowed up nearly half of my pay increase.我的加薪有近一半都被税收抵消了。 UK ['swɒl.əʊ] US ['swɑ:.loʊ] verb ACCEPT 接受 transitive informal ■to accept something without question or without expressing disagreement 轻信；全盘接受 •Not surprisingly, this excuse was too much for them to swallow.不出所料，他们无法接受这个借口。 •He swallowed her story whole •She swallowed his sales pitch hook, line and sinker UK ['swɒl.əʊ] US ['swɑ:.loʊ] verb NOT EXPRESS 不表露 transitive ■to not express or show something 不表露，不表现，抑制住 •She swallowed her disappointment, saying, "That's OK, it doesn't matter."她抑制住自己的失望说：“没事，没关系。” •He was forced to swallow his pride UK ['swɒl.əʊ] US ['swɑ:.loʊ] verb swallow your words ■to be forced to admit that something you have said has been shown to be wrong 被迫承认自己说的话不对 •I had to swallow my words when the scheme turned out to be a great success.结果这个计划非常成功，我不得不承认我之前说的话是错的。 UK ['swɒl.əʊ] US ['swɑ:.loʊ] verb swallow the bait ■If you swallow the bait, you completely accept something, especially an offer that is a trick or way of getting something from you. 上钩，中圈套 UK ['swɒl.əʊ] US ['swɑ:.loʊ] noun countable THROAT 咽喉 ■an act of using the muscles of your throat, or the amount of something you move into your stomach from your mouth by using the muscles of your throat 吞，咽，吞咽 •He gave a swallow, then began speaking.他吞了吞口水，然后开始说话。 UK ['swɒl.əʊ] US ['swɑ:.loʊ] noun countable BIRD 鸟 ■a small bird with pointed wings and a tail with two points, which flies quickly and catches insects to eat as it flies 燕子 UK ['swɒl.əʊ] US ['swɑ:.loʊ] noun countable One swallow doesn't make a summer. saying ■used to say that because one good thing has happened, it is not therefore certain that a situation is going to improve 独燕不成夏。（指一件好事发生并不意味着整体情况会好转） ； 一叶不足以知秋 |
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