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窩。
He downed the medicine at one swallow. 他一口便把藥全吞下了。
Let me take a swallow of beer. 讓我喝口啤酒。
用作動詞 (v.)They can't treat me like that; I'm not going to swallow it. 他們不能這樣對待我，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難。
You must chew your food well before you swallow it. 食物吞下去之前先要細細咀嚼。
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。
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。
The company was swallowed up in a corporate merger. 該公司在一次公司合并中被收購了。
swallow的基本意思是“咽下”,指“吃”這個過程的第二階段——“咽”。即將口中食物通過咽喉直入食道。有時可指“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”“掩蓋”“抓住”。
swallow在作“忍受”“抑制(情感)”解時,多指某人雖受痛苦與困難,但以某方式接受了令人煩惱、令人無法忍受的痛苦與經(jīng)歷。
swallow可用作不及物動詞,也可用作及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞、代詞作賓語。可用于被動結構。
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。
吞咽者,貪食者,叉齒魚
n.燕子尾巴；燕尾服；燕尾形旗子的末端
adj.燕尾狀的
