| 单词 | to swallow up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto swallow up 10. to swallow up. extracted from swallowv. a. literal. To swallow completely or voraciously; to eat up, devour. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously forswallowOE gulch?c1225 afretea1350 moucha1350 glop1362 gloup1362 forglut1393 worrya1400 globbec1400 forsling1481 slonk1481 franch1519 gull1530 to eat up1535 to swallow up1535 engorge1541 gulp1542 ramp1542 slosh1548 raven1557 slop1575 yolp1579 devour1586 to throw oneself on1592 paunch1599 tire1599 glut1600 batten1604 frample1606 gobbet1607 to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616 to make a (also one's) meal of1622 gorge1631 demolish1639 gourmanda1657 guttle1685 to gawp up1728 nyam1790 gamp1805 slummock1808 annihilate1815 gollop1823 punish1825 engulf1829 hog1836 scoff1846 brosier1850 to pack away1855 wolf1861 locust1868 wallop1892 guts1934 murder1935 woof1943 pelicana1953 pig1979 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Obad. i. 16 Yee dryncke shall they, and swalowe vp, so that ye shall be, as though ye had neuer bene. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ix. 346 The crocodile..swalloweth vp both the baite and the hooke. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 10. ¶3 Like Moses's Serpent, that immediately swallow'd up and devoured those of the Ægyptians. 1880 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe (ed. 9) Introd. 15 Just as we cannot conceive of a man swallowing up [1876 devouring] himself, so [etc.]. b. transferred. To engulf completely; to cause to disappear utterly in its depths. Cf. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > swallow up swallowc1175 to swallow up1526 devour1555 engulf1555 abyss1596 involve1605 flapdragona1616 to suck upa1616 ingurgitatea1620 absorbeate1623 exorbeate1623 entomba1631 gulf1807 begulf1809 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. xii. 16 The erth opened her mought, and swalowed vppe the rever. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cvi. 17 So the earth opened & swalowed vp Dathan. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccliij The shippes being..swallowed vp of the billowes did perishe. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 99 Certane difficile myres, quhilkes..sal gaip wyd, and swallie him vp in a maner to the deipth. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 587 The first [river] is Hans, which being swallowed up under the ground, breaketh up againe three miles off. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iv. xxiv. 262 Because London was not swallowed up or consumed by Fire from Heaven. 1803 W. Scott Let. 27 Aug. (1932) I. 199 This district..was swallowed up by the sea. 1828 C. Lamb Old Margate Hoy in Elia 2nd Ser. 36 Sunken ships, and sumless treasures swallowed up in the unrestoring depths. 1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger I. vi. 245 The little legs of the child were swallowed up in his clumsy yellow boots. 1853 G. P. R. James Agnes Sorel III. i. 3 The Castle gates swallowed them up, and nothing more was seen of them. c. figurative. To make away with or destroy completely; to cause to disappear utterly (as if by absorption). Cf. 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.) supeOE eatc950 fretc1000 forthnimc1175 forfret?c1225 to-fret?c1225 swallowa1340 devourc1374 upsoup1382 consumea1398 bisweligha1400 founderc1400 absorb1490 to swallow up1531 upsupa1547 incinerate1555 upswallow1591 fire1592 absume1596 abyss1596 worm1604 depredate1626 to gulp downa1644 whelm1667 1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. lviiiv In the worlde to come loue shal swalowe vp ye other two [sc. faith and hope]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lvi[i]. 3 He shal..saue me from the reprofe of him that wolde swalowe me vp. 1626 W. Gouge Dignitie Chivalrie §18 Delight in the things which men do, swalloweth up the pains that is taken about them. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 149 Those thoughts..swallowd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night. View more context for this quotation 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 128 All People looked upon themselves as ruined and swallowed up. 1758 J. Dalrymple Ess. Hist. Feudal Prop. (ed. 2) 122 The feudal law carries with it..a system of private rights, which swallow up all others, wherever it comes. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. vii. 105 Another rule is, not to let familiarity swallow up all courtesy. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. v. 112 The man is swallowed up in the cause, the messenger in the message. 1866 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire (new ed.) v. 75 Since the powers it gave were autocratic and unlimited, it must swallow up all minor claims and dignities. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 446 Must not all things at last be swallowed up in death? 1885 Manch. Examiner 12 May 5/3 Nearly a month will be swallowed up in the verification of the returns. 1901 Scotsman 28 Feb. 7/1 The Irish names in the box swallowed up all the rest. d. To occupy entirely, engross, ‘absorb’, ‘drown’; = 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > hold attention, absorb swallowc1330 deepc1380 dare1547 suspend1561 preoccupy1567 devour1568 to swallow up1581 enwrap1589 invest1601 steep1603 to take up1603 spell1646 possess1653 enchain1658 engross1661 absorb1749 fix1752 rivet1762 fascinate1782 spell-bind1808 arrest1814 mesmerize1862 to turn on1903 get1913 consume1999 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 499 b Blynded with selfe love, drowned in malice, swallowed upp with his owne conceipt. 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) viii. iii Wonder dims my aching Eyes, And swallows up my Soul. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 194 The original intention of the experiment was lost sight of, by an unexpected result which swallowed up all their attention. 1857 J. Keble Let. to Denison 14 Oct. in Maggs's Catal. Mar. (1897) 54/1 Since I came home [I] have been swallowed up with my little book on Eucharistical Adoration. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed x. 205 He fell to work, whistling softly, and was swallowed up in the clean, clear joy of creation. e. To take completely into itself, or for oneself; to appropriate, absorb (= 4d); †in quot. 1544, to take fully upon oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] underfoc893 fandOE onfangOE undernimc1000 takec1175 to take tillc1175 to take toa1250 underfongc1330 undertakea1340 to take in (also on) handa1350 undertakec1385 attamec1386 to take in (also on) handc1390 embrace1393 emprisec1410 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to go upon ——c1450 enterprise?1473 to set (one's) hand to1477 go?a1500 accept1524 assume1530 to hent in (also upon) handc1540 to swallow up1544 to take to task1546 to go into ——?1548 to set in hand1548 to fare about1563 entertain1569 undergo1606 to set about ——1611 to take up1660 to come at ——1901 the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate ownOE rimec1275 takec1300 appropre1366 to keep, take to or for one's own storec1385 to get awayc1480 proper1496 apprehenda1522 impropry1526 impropriate1567 carve1578 forestall1581 appropriate1583 propriate1587 pocket1597 impatronize1611 propertya1616 asself1632 appropriatea1634 swallow1637 to swallow up1654 sink1699 poucha1774 spheterize1779 sack1807 fob1818 to look back to1822 mop1861 annex1865 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > swallow up > immaterial things devourc1384 deep1578 to swallow up1654 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. lxiii. sig. D iv A faythfull armye wyll swallowe vp all parylles, before that so lyberall a capytayne shuld haue any shame or reproche. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 21 The oppressions of the Court of Rome, which would swallow up..all original Jurisdiction. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1683 (1955) IV. 331 The French..almost swallowed, all Flanders. 1743 R. Pococke Descr. East I. iv. i. 162 In upper Egypt there were formerly twenty-four provinces, but many of them are now swallow'd up by Arab Sheiks. 1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 737/1 Morocco..has escaped being swallowed by France because Spain has guarded it. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 157 With Exton is joined the hamlet of Horn, now swallowed up in the Park. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)] > absorb swallow1513 to swallow up1594 to suck up1602 immerge1611 immerse1790 to breathe in1816 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K2v About him were a presse of gaping faces, Which seem'd to swallow vp his sound aduice. View more context for this quotation g. To pass over (a distance) rapidly.Cf. devour v. 8b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground > rapidly scourc1380 skirra1616 scud1632 bescour1837 to swallow up1890 to eat up1898 to burn up1909 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 188 Three miles had been swallowed up ere the team steadied. [Cf. quot. 1899 at swallowed adj.] < as lemmas |
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