n.燕子；吞咽；一次吞咽的量

v.忍受；吞下；咽下；輕信；不流露感情；收回

There are many swallows flying in the sky. 天空中有許多燕子。

The swallow has made a nest under our eaves. 燕子在我們的屋檐下壘了一個(gè)窩。

He downed the medicine at one swallow. 他一口便把藥全吞下了。

They can't treat me like that; I'm not going to swallow it. 他們不能這樣對(duì)待我，我忍不下這口氣。

He swallowed all the criticism without saying a thing. 他默默地忍受一切責(zé)難。

You must chew your food well before you swallow it. 食物吞下去之前先要細(xì)細(xì)咀嚼。

His lips worked as he tried to swallow the food. 他使勁兒把食物咽下去，嘴唇都扭曲起來(lái)。

He couldn't swallow because of a sore throat. 他因嗓子疼而不能吞咽。

You should have a try, don't swallow anybody. 不要輕信任何人，你得親自去試一試。

She swallowed her anger and carried on. 她忍氣吞聲地繼續(xù)進(jìn)行下去。

The company was swallowed up in a corporate merger. 該公司在一次公司合并中被收購(gòu)了。

swallow的基本意思是“咽下”,指“吃”這個(gè)過(guò)程的第二階段——“咽”。即將口中食物通過(guò)咽喉直入食道。有時(shí)可指“快吃”,而不是把食物慢慢嚼碎。引申為“忍受”“不流露”。還可表示“吞沒(méi)”“掩蓋”“抓住”。

swallow在作“忍受”“抑制(情感)”解時(shí),多指某人雖受痛苦與困難,但以某方式接受了令人煩惱、令人無(wú)法忍受的痛苦與經(jīng)歷。

swallow可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),接名詞、代詞作賓語(yǔ)。可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。

swallow還可用作名詞,作“(吃或喝的)一口”“燕子”解。例如:He had a few swallows of tea and then hurried out.他喝了幾口茶,就匆忙出去了。One swallow doesn't make a summer.一燕不成夏。