| 单词 | swallow somebody/something ↔ up |
| 释义 | swallow somebody/something ↔ upswallow somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v a) PARTif a company or country is swallowed up by a larger one, it becomes part of it and no longer exists on its own 吞并 Hundreds of small companies have been swallowed up by these huge multinationals. 数百家小公司都被这些大型跨国企业吞并了。 b) written if something is swallowed up, it disappears because something covers it or hides it 吞没，淹没；侵吞 Jane was soon swallowed up in the crowd. 简很快淹没在人群中。 The countryside is gradually being swallowed up by new developments. 乡村地区正逐渐被新建住宅区吞噬。 c) if an amount of money is swallowed up, you have to spend it to pay for things 耗尽，用尽〔金钱〕 The extra cash was soon swallowed up. 这笔额外的钱很快就花光了。 Examples from the Corpus swallow up• Her prayer was answered; mother earth opened and swallowed her up.• It came and went in swirling waves that rushed down from the ceiling and swallowed her up.• The same tide washed round Colley the Mason and swallowed him up.• The time has not yet come to take bets on which of our neighbours will swallow us up.• Their aim was to keep the Catholic Habsburgs from swallowing them up.• In one swoop the feeling swallowed her up and she had never got rid of it since.• Breeze watched them till the darkness swallowed them up, and went light-heartedly into the house.• And then the very fire seemed to swallow him up, blurring him from Ruth's sight. → swallow somebody/something ↔ up at swallow1(2) |
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