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swal.low (obj) THROATH5swBl7EJ, $5swB:7loJvto cause (esp. food and drink) to move from your mouth into your stomach by using the muscles of your throat, or to use the muscles of your throat as if doing this吞下，咽下，做吞咽动作My throat is so sore that it really hurts when I swallow. [I]我的喉咙很疼，咽食时更疼。If you don't chew your food properly, it's difficult to swallow it. [T]如果你不把食物嚼碎是很难下咽的。He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed it whole. [T]他把一颗葡萄放进嘴里一口吞下。The baby died after accidentally swallowing some pills. [T]那个婴儿因误吞药片而夭折。To swallow is also 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.做吞咽动作以抑制紧张或准备说话She swallowed as she turned over the examination paper and looked at the first question. [I]她翻开试卷看到第一道题时倒抽了一口冷气。He swallowed hard and said, "Dad, I've got something to tell you." [I]他大口吞气紧张地对父亲说:“爸爸，我有事跟你说。”If something swallows something or someone (up), it takes them into itself, so that they no longer exist separately or can no longer be seen, or it uses them completely.吞并，侵吞An increasing amount of the countryside is being swallowed up by the town. [M]越来越多的乡村被城镇吞没了。Many small businesses have been swallowed up by large companies. [M]许多小型企业都已被大公司兼并。Most of the company's profits have been swallowed (= completely used) by higher wages. [T]公司大部分的利润都用来支付高额工资了。Taxes have swallowed up nearly half of my pay increase. [M]交税几乎占去我加薪的一半。If you swallow the bait, you completely accept something, esp. an offer of some type.吞饵上钩，入圈套I told Dad that if he let me borrow the car for the weekend, I'd clean it for him, but he didn't swallow the bait.我对父亲说如果他周末把车借给我，我愿意为他洗车，可惜他没上钩。
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