单词 | swallow |
释义 | swallow¹ 🄰 vt. 1.+ food, drink, pill吞下;咽下 He poured himself a whisky and swallowed it in a gulp.他给自己倒了杯威士忌, 一饮而尽。 2.<非正式>(believe)+ story, words完全相信;信以为真 I too found this story a little hard to swallow.我也觉得这一说法有点难以置信。 3.(stifle)+ anger, pride, disappointment, doubts掩饰;抑制 Damien swallowed his annoyance and forced himself to smile.达米恩抑制住自己的厌烦情绪, 强颜欢笑。 The simple weight of German firepower forced the French to swallow their pride and retreat.单单是徳军火力的压力便迫使法军放下架子撤退了。 4.(endure)+ defeat, humiliation, insult忍受;容忍 You cannot be a great leader unless you swallow a few insults.连区区几句辱骂的话都容忍不了是无法成为伟大领导人的。 She could never swallow such humiliation.这般羞辱她永远无法忍受。 🄱 vi. 1.(while eating)吞下;咽下 She took a bite of the apple, chewed and swallowed.她咬了一口苹果, 嚼了嚼咽了下去。 2.(with nerves, fear)(由于紧张或恐惧而)做吞咽动作, 咽口水 Nancy swallowed hard and shook her head.南希使劲咽了口口水, 摇了摇头。 3.to swallow your words (mutter)口齿不清地说;咕哝 He swallowed his words, he gulped, he panted and slurred.他嘴里咕哝着, 咽了一口唾沫, 气喘吁吁的, 还是语无伦次。 (retract statement)收回前言 If I ever come back I suppose I'll have to swallow my words.要是哪天我真回来了, 我想我就得收回前言。 Phrasal Verbsswallow down,swallow up swallow² 1.(act of swallowing)吞;咽 2.(amount swallowed)一次吞咽量;一口 3.(bird)燕(燕科动物的统称);(尤指)家燕 4.【海】(滑车的)通索孔, 停泊钩 5.=throat 6.<罕>(appetite)食欲;胃口 |
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