swallow
🇺🇸
/ˈswɑːləʊ/
🇬🇧
/ˈswɒləʊ/
verb
B2
to take food or drink down your throat into your stomach
It was hard to swallow the pill with water.
用水吞下藥丸很困難。
B2
to move your throat muscles as if swallowing, often when nervous
He had to swallow hard before speaking.
他說話前不得不使勁嚥了一下口水。
R
to take in or cover completely so it can't be seen
The city began to swallow the nearby fields.
城市開始吞沒附近的田野。
R
to use up completely, especially money
Rent can swallow most of your income.
房租可能吞掉你大部分收入。
R
to accept or believe something as true
I find that story hard to swallow.
我覺得那個故事難以相信。
R
to hide your feelings
Sometimes you must swallow your anger.
有時你必須忍住怒火。
R
to accept criticism without complaining
She had to swallow their harsh words.
她不得不忍受他們的刻薄話語。
noun
R
a small bird with long wings that flies to warmer places in winter
The swallow returns each spring.
燕子每年春天都會回來。
R
the act of swallowing or the amount swallowed at once
Take one swallow of water after the medicine.
服藥後喝一口水。
translation
吞嚥, 嚥口水, 吞沒, 耗盡, 輕信, 壓抑情感, 忍受批評
燕子, 吞嚥動作
詞形變化
3rd Present
swallows
Progressive
swallowing
Past
swallowed
Perfect
swallowed
Plural
swallows