swallow

• vt. 忍受；吞没
• vi. 吞下；咽下
• n. 燕子；一次吞咽的量
• n. (Swallow)人名；(英)斯沃洛

来自古英语 swealwe,燕子，来自 Proto-Germanic*swalwo,燕子。

1. a small amount of liquid food;

"a sup of ale"

2. the act of swallowing;

"one swallow of the liquid was enough"

"he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"

3. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

swallow

swallow: English has two distinct words swallow. The verb, ‘ingest’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric Germanic *swelgan, which also produced German schwelgen, Dutch swelgen, Swedish svälja, and Danish svælge. It was formed from a base which also gave Old Norse svelgr ‘whirlpool, devourer’. Swallow the bird [OE] comes from a prehistoric Germanic *swalwōn, which also produced German schwalbe, Dutch zwaluw, Swedish svala, and Danish svale and is probably related to Russian solovej ‘nightingale’.

swallow (v.)

"ingest through the throat" (transitive), Old English swelgan "swallow, imbibe, absorb" (class III strong verb; past tense swealg, past participle swolgen), from Proto-Germanic *swelgan/*swelhan (cognates: Old Saxon farswelgan, Old Norse svelgja "to swallow," Middle Dutch swelghen, Dutch zwelgen "to gulp, swallow," Old High German swelahan "to swallow," German schwelgen "to revel"), probably from PIE root *swel- (1) "to eat, drink" (cognates: Iranian *khvara- "eating").

Intransitive sense "perform the act of swallowing" is from c. 1700. Sense of "consume, destroy" is attested from mid-14c. Meaning "to accept without question" is from 1590s. Related: Swallowed; swallowing.

swallow (n.1)

type of migratory bird (family Hirundinidae), Old English swealwe "swallow," from Proto-Germanic *swalwon (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old Frisian, Swedish svala, Danish svale, Middle Dutch zwalewe, Dutch zwaluw, Old High German swalawa, German Schwalbe), from PIE *swol-wi- (cognates: Russian solowej, Slovak slavik, Polish słowik "nightingale"). The etymological sense is disputed. Popularly regarded as harbingers of summer; swallows building nests on or near a house is considered good luck.

swallow (n.2)

"an act of swallowing," 1822, from swallow (v.). In late Old English and Middle English it meant "gulf, abyss, hole in the earth, whirlpool," also, in Middle English, "throat, gullet." Compare Old Norse svelgr "whirlpool," literally "devourer, swallower." Meaning "as much as one can swallow at once, mouthful" is from 1861.

eat, dine, have, consume, devour, gorge, swallow

这些动词均可表示"吃"之意。

eat： 普通用词，使用广泛。既可用于人，也可用于动物。

dine： 正式用词，既可指一日三餐中的任何一餐，也可以指特殊的用餐。

have： 可与eat换用，但强调一次性的动作。

consume： 侧重痛痛快快地吃得一干二净，可用于人和动物。

devour： 指狼吞虎咽地吃，强调吃得既快又彻底。

gorge： 侧重指拼命地吃或塞，强调吃饱或吃得过量。

swallow： 主要指吃的整个过程的第二部分"咽"，并常指咀嚼得匆匆忙忙地吃。

If we don't, we will be swallowed up by one of the giants.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Francesca Haass, a senior at middlebury, says, "I find the in-class ones are more stressful in the short term, but there is immediate relief as you swallow information like mad, and then you get to forget it all."

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

You swallow more than you can digest.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

But the justices should not swallow California’s argument whole.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

But the justices should not swallow California's argument whole.

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Always chew food well before swallowing it.

什么食物都要先嚼碎再吞咽。

牛津词典

The pills should be swallowed whole.

这些药要吞服。

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I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow.

当时我嗓子疼，咽东西就疼。

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She swallowed hard and told him the bad news.

她硬下心把坏消息告诉了他。

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I watched her walk down the road until she was swallowed by the darkness.

我看着她沿公路越走越远，直至消失在黑暗中。

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Large areas of countryside have been swallowed up by towns.

大片大片的乡村地区被城镇吞噬。

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Most of my salary gets swallowed (up) by the rent and bills.

我的工资大多支付房租和各种日常费用了。

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I found her excuse very hard to swallow .

我觉得她的理由很难让人相信。

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He told her a pack of lies, but she swallowed it whole .

他对她讲了一堆假话，可她全都信以为真。

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to swallow your doubts

不流露怀疑

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You're going to have to swallow your pride and ask for your job back.

你得放下架子，去求人家给你恢复原职。

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I was surprised that he just sat there and swallowed all their remarks.

让我吃惊的是他就坐在那儿默默地任凭他们评论。

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You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B...

你要服一粒维生素 B 胶囊。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed and swallowed.

波利咬了一口苹果，嚼了嚼咽了下去。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Nancy swallowed hard and shook her head.

南希用力咽了口口水，摇了摇头。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It was vital that he swallowed the story about Juanita being in that motel room that night.

关键是他对朱厄妮塔那晚住在那个汽车旅馆房间里一事毫不怀疑。

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I too found this story a little hard to swallow.

我也觉得这件事有点难以置信。

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Gordon has swallowed the anger he felt...

戈登忍住了内心的愤怒。

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He flashed me a quick grin but rapidly swallowed it when he saw my expression.

他先是冲我咧嘴一笑，不过看到我的表情后又赶紧收起笑脸。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Why would somebody Swallow a battery?

为什么会有人吞电池?

期刊摘选

Nini Semiothisa clothing colors with green, he is a red Little Dragon Flying Swallow.

妮妮的服装颜色用国槐绿, 他的肚兜是一只红色的小燕子.

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She is naive and will swallow anything you tell her.

她很天真,你跟她讲什麽她都相信.

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I don't want any ifs and buts — swallow your medicine at once.

我不要听你的理由,快把药吞下去.

《简明英汉词典》

China needs to assimilate a good deal of foreign progressive culture, but she must not swallow anything and everything uncritically.

中国需要大量吸收外国的进步文化, 但决不能无批判地兼收并蓄.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The swallow shaved the top of a tree.

燕子擦着树梢飞过.

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