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单词 swallow
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verb | noun
swallowswallow1 /ˈswɑloʊ/ ●●○ S3 verb Etymology Verb Table Collocations Thesaurus 1FOOD [intransitive, transitive] to make food or drink go down your throat and to your stomach:  Chew your food well before you swallow.2NERVOUSLY [intransitive] to make a movement with your throat as if you are swallowing food, especially because you are nervous:  She swallowed twice, preparing to tell him the truth. I swallowed hard and opened the door.3BELIEVE/ACCEPT [transitive] informal to immediately believe a story, explanation, etc. that is not actually true:  I found the story a little hard to swallow (=difficult to believe). see thesaurus at believe4FEELING [transitive] to stop yourself from showing your feelings, especially bad feelings:  Mary tried hard to swallow her anger.5swallow your pride to do something even though it embarrasses you or you feel that you should not have to do it:  I swallowed my pride and did as I was told.[Origin: Old English swelgan] see also a bitter pill (to swallow) at bitter (8)swallow up phrasal verb1swallow something ↔ up if a company, organization, or country swallows up a smaller one, the smaller one becomes part of it and does not exist on its own anymore2literary swallow somebody/something ↔ up to become hidden or covered by something and disappear:  He was swallowed up by the fog.3swallow something ↔ up if something swallows up an amount of money, time, etc., it uses a large amount or all of it:  Housing costs swallowed up most of their income.4 swallow something ↔ up if land is swallowed up, it is used for building houses, roads, etc.
verb | noun
swallowswallow2 noun [countable] Etymology 1a small bird with a tail in the shape of an upside down V and long pointed wings, that flies quickly and gracefully2an act of making food, drink, etc. go down your throat
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