| 词汇 | swallow |
| 释义 | swallow verb uk/ˈswɒl.əʊ/ us/ˈswɑː.loʊ/ (THROAT) B2 [ I or T ]吞咽，吞下，咽下 to cause food, drink, pills, etc. to move from your mouth into your stomach by using the muscles of your throat 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. 他把一颗葡萄放进嘴里，整个儿吞了下去。 [ I ]（因为紧张、害怕或要开始说话而）做吞咽动作，咽口水 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 He swallowed hard and said, "Dad, I have something to tell you." 他狠劲儿咽了一下口水说：“爸，我有点事想告诉您。”
(TAKE AWAY) [ T ]吞掉;吞没 If something large swallows (up) another thing, it makes it disappear or stop existing separately by making it part of itself. An increasing amount of the countryside is being swallowed (up) by the town. 越来越多的乡村被城镇吞没。 Many small businesses have been swallowed (up) by large companies. 很多小企业已经被大公司吞并了。 [ T ]大量使用，大量夺走（贵重之物） to use or take away a large part of something valuable 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。 (ACCEPT) C2 [ T ] informal轻信；全盘接受 to accept something without question or without expressing disagreement 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. 他对她的说法深信不疑。 She swallowed his sales pitch hook, line, and sinker (= believed it completely). 她对他的推销之词深信不疑。 (NOT EXPRESS) C2 [ T ]不表露，不表现，抑制住 to not express or show something 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。” Idioms swallow your wordsidiom 被迫承认自己说的话不对 to be forced to admit that something you have said has been shown to be wrong I had to swallow my words when the project 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。 swallow the baitidiom 上钩，中圈套 If you swallow the bait, you completely accept something, especially an offer that is a trick or way of getting something from you. swallow noun [ C ] uk/ˈswɒl.əʊ/ us/ˈswɑː.loʊ/ (THROAT) 吞，咽，吞咽 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 He gave a swallow, then began speaking. 他咽了一下口水，然后开始说话。 (BIRD) 燕子 a small bird with pointed wings and a tail with two points that flies quickly and catches insects to eat as it flies Idiom one swallow doesn't make a summeridiom saying 独燕不成夏（指一件好事的发生并不意味着整体情况会好转） used to say that because one good thing has happened, it is not therefore certain that a situation is going to improve |
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