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单词 swallow
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swallow
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When you swallow food or liquid is pushed from your mouth to the esophagus. Chew your food well before you swallow it.
As a verb, swallow means "to enclose or envelop completely," like quicksand that swallows everything that falls into it. Swallow can also mean "to stop from expressing," like when you swallow your pride and ask for help. The noun swallow describes a gulp, though you don't always do it for digestion; sometimes a few swallows of air help you keep from crying. A swallow is also a type of small songbird.
WORD FAMILY
swallow: swallowed, swallowing, swallows
USAGE EXAMPLES
That’s a lot to swallow for lawmakers, who’ve done very little in the last few sessions to prevent impaired driving.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Lucia is the daughter of novelist James, a black hole who swallows both the world’s attention and domestic affection in industrial quantities.
The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016)
That’s what happens when a 5-0 start is swallowed whole by eight losses in the next 10 games.
New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)
1
1v pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
get down
bolt
swallow hastily
consume, have, ingest, take, take in
serve oneself to, or consume regularly
2n the act of swallowing
one swallow of the liquid was enough
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
deglutition, drink
aerophagia
swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence)
draft, draught, gulp, swig
a large and hurried swallow
sip
a small drink
consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
3n a small amount of liquid food
Syn|Hyper
sup
mouthful, taste
a small amount eaten or drunk
2
1v enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
Syn|Hyper
bury, eat up, immerse, swallow up
close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
surround completely
2v engulf and destroy
The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries
Hyper
demolish, destroy
defeat soundly
3
1v keep from expressing
I swallowed my anger and kept quiet
Hyper
repress, suppress
put out of one's consciousness
2v take back what one has said
He swallowed his words
Syn|Hyper
take back, unsay, withdraw
disown, renounce, repudiate
cast off
3v utter indistinctly
She swallowed the last words of her speech
Hyper
mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
express in speech
4
1v believe or accept without questioning or challenge
Am I supposed to swallow that story?
Hyper
believe
accept as true; take to be true
2v tolerate or accommodate oneself to
I swallowed the insult
Syn|Hyper
accept, live with
abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
5
n small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
Hypo|Hyper
Hirundo rustica, barn swallow, chimney swallow
common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.
Hirundo pyrrhonota, cliff swallow
North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
Hirundo nigricans, tree martin, tree swallow
of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities
Iridoprocne bicolor, tree swallow, white-bellied swallow
bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities
martin
any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
Delichon urbica, house martin
common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses
Riparia riparia, bank martin, bank swallow, sand martin
swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
Progne subis, purple martin
large North American martin of which the male is blue-black
oscine, oscine bird
passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
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