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swallow1/ˈswɒləʊ/ v. & n.●v. 1 tr. cause or allow (food etc.) to pass down the throat 吞，咽(食物等) 2 intr. perform the muscular movement of the oesophagus required to do this 做吞咽动作 3 tr.a accept meekly; put up with (an affront etc.) 容忍；忍受(当众侮辱等) b accept credulously (an unlikely assertion etc.) 轻信(靠不住的说法等) 4 tr. repress; resist the expression of (a feeling etc.) 压抑；抑制(情感等) swallow one's pride 忍辱 5 tr. articulate (words etc.) indistinctly 含混地说(话等) 6 tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 up) engulf or absorb; exhaust; cause to disappear 吞没，淹没；耗尽，用尽；使消失 ●n. 1 the act of swallowing 吞，咽 2 an amount swallowed in one action 一次吞咽的量 □ swallowable adj.□ swallower n.[Old English swelg (n.), swelgan (v.), from Germanic] |