swallow

燕子

swallow dive

swallow plover

swallow 1

吞下，咽下

She swallowed some milk.

（表示紧 张）咽下口水

忍受；容忍；轻信

swallow 2

燕子

吞咽

吞咽下的东西

swallow

[鸟]燕子, 吞咽, 喉

咽, 淹没, 吞没, 取消, 忍受, 轻信, 压制, 耗尽

吞下, 咽下

swallow

to pass (food, drink, etc) through the mouth to the stomach by means of the muscular action of the oesophagus

to engulf or destroy as if by ingestion

Nazi Germany swallowed up several small countries

to believe gullibly

he will never swallow such an excuse

to refrain from uttering or manifesting

to swallow one's disappointment

to endure without retaliation

to enunciate (words, etc) indistinctly; mutter

to eat or drink reluctantly

to perform or simulate the act of swallowing, as in gulping

the act of swallowing

the amount swallowed at any single time; mouthful

Also called: crown Also called: throat the opening between the shell and the groove of the sheave of a block, through which the rope is passed

another word for throatanother word for gullet

a capacity for swallowing; appetite

swallow

any passerine songbird of the family Hirundinidae, esp Hirundo rustica (common or barn swallow), having long pointed wings, a forked tail, short legs, and a rapid flight

See fairy swallow

swallow

1. a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale"

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2. the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"

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

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1. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

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2. engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

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3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

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4. utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech"

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5. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

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6. keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

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7. tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies"

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8. believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"

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