vt.& vi. 吞，咽;忍耐，忍受;
vt. 不流露;<口>忍受，輕信;
n. [鳥]燕子;胃管，食道;一次吞咽的量;（滑車等的）通索孔;
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He had to swallow his words.
他不得不取消前言。
He has to take (ie swallow) six pills a day until he recovers.
他每天要服六粒藥丸直到痊愈.
Squeeze gently, allowing the child adequate time to swallow the medication.
輕輕擠壓，使小兒有充分的時間吞咽藥物。
A swallow skimmed low (over the ground).
一只燕子 (掠過地面) 低飛而去。
She is naive and would swallow anything you tell her.
她很天真,你跟她講什么她都相信。
?? 聯想助記
【串】low(矮)wall(墻)下的swallow(燕子)有四窩嘍
【記】※ sw-拼音“斯文”,allow-允許:燕子斯文地吞咽食物,得到禮儀官員的準許
※ s-似“美女”,wall-墻,ow-拼音“歐文”:美女藏在墻后見歐文抓住燕子吞了下去
※ s-似“美女”,wallow-打滾:美女痛得滿地打滾,因為她將飛進嘴的燕子咽了下去
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wallow
v
1
(a) [I, Tn] cause or allow (esp food or drink) to go down the throat 吞下或咽下（尤指食物或飲料）
Taking pills is easy; just put them in your mouth and swallow. 服用藥片很容易, 只須放在口中咽下即可.
Chew your food properly before swallowing it. 食物嚼碎後再咽下.
(b) [I] use the muscles of the throat as if doing this, eg in fear 做如同吞咽般的動作（如恐懼時）
She swallowed hard, and turned to face her accuser. 她用力咽了一下唾液, 轉身面對那個控告她的人.
2 [Tn] (infml 口)
(a) accept (an insult, etc) without protest 忍受（侮辱等）
She called you a liar. Are you going to swallow that? 她說你撒謊. 你打算忍受這種侮辱嗎?
He swallowed all the criticism without saying a thing. 他默默地忍受一切責難.
(b) believe (sth) too easily 輕信（某事物）
He flatters her outrageously, and she swallows it whole, ie believes it entirely. 他極力奉承她, 而她竟以為完全是由衷之言.
3 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sb/sth (up)
(a) take sb/sth into itself so that he/it can no longer be seen 吞沒或掩蓋某人[某事物]
The jungle swallowed up the explorers. 探險人員消失在密林里了.
The aircraft was swallowed (up) in the clouds. 飛機已沒入云中.
(fig 比喻) small firms being swallowed up by giant corporations, ie taken over so that they disappear 被大公司兼并的小商行.
(b) use sth up completely 用盡某事物
The cost of the trial swallowed up all their savings. 訴訟費用耗光了他們的全部積蓄.
4 [Tn] not express (a feeling, etc) openly 不流露（感情等）
She swallowed her anger and carried on. 她忍氣吞聲地繼續進行下去.
I was forced to swallow my pride and ask for a loan. 我無奈須忍辱告貸.
5 (idm 習語) a bitter pill to swallow => bitter. swallow the bait accept sth that has been said, offered, etc to tempt one 上鉤; 中圈套. swallow/pocket one's pride => pride. swallow one's words admit that one has said sth wrong 承認說錯了話
He told me I wouldn't pass the test but I'm determined to make him swallow his words, ie by passing. 他對我說我考不及格, 我一定讓他承認說錯了話. swallow, n
(a) act of swallowing 吞; 咽.
(b) amount swallowed at one time 一次吞咽的量
take a swallow of beer 喝一口啤哂.
swallow n
1 any of various types of small quick-flying insect-eating bird with a forked tail that migrate to northern countries (eg Britain) in summer 燕子. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1插圖, page iv.2 (idm 習語) ,one swallow ,does not make a `summer (saying 諺) a single fortunate or satisfactory incident, example, etc does not mean that all the others will be as good 一燕不成夏（僅有的一次幸運或好事等并不意味著一切都好）.
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s(蛇)+wall(墻)+low(低):蛇在矮墻上 吞食 燕子
?? 擴展釋義
*['sw?l?u]n. 燕子, 吞咽, 喉vt. 咽, 淹沒, 吞沒, 耗盡, 輕信, 忍受, 抑制vi. 吞下, 咽下【醫】 吞咽相關詞組: eat sth in one swallow swallow one's words swallow hard
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Unbelievable!
真不敢相信！
We've got to get a bed and a dresser for the bedroom.
我們必須有一張床和梳妝臺放在臥室。
It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties.
這并不是說布魯斯總是低估困難，