swallow
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['swɒləʊˈswɒləʊ]
- 美式音标 [ˈswɑː.loʊ]
- 国际音标 ['swɔləu]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 忍受；吞没
- vi. 吞下；咽下
- n. 燕子；一次吞咽的量
- n. (Swallow)人名；(英)斯沃洛
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的swelgan，意为吞咽。
词根记忆
- sw + allow(承认)→轻易承认→轻信
- s + wall(墙) + (l)ow(低的)→燕子在墙角低处筑巢→燕子
- s + wall(墙) + ow→燕子在墙角垒窝→燕子
- s + wall(墙) + (l)ow→燕子在墙角垒窝
用法辨析
- swallow的基本意思是“咽下”,指“吃”这个过程的第二阶段——“咽”。即将口中食物通过咽喉直入食道。有时可指“快吃”,而不是把食物慢慢嚼碎。引申为“忍受”“不流露”。还可表示“吞没”“掩盖”“抓住”。
- swallow在作“忍受”“抑制(情感)”解时,多指某人虽受痛苦与困难,但以某方式接受了令人烦恼、令人无法忍受的痛苦与经历。
- swallow可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- Chew well before swallowing.
细嚼再慢咽。 - He swallowed a mouthful of bread.
他咽下一口面包。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- swallow one 's words 食言
- swallow eagerly 急切地咽下
- swallow greedily 贪婪地咽下
- swallow hastily 匆忙地咽下
- swallow hungrily 渴望咽下
- swallow hurriedly 仓促地咽下
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
～+副词
英英字典
- (THROAT) to cause food, drink, pills, etc. to move from your mouth into your stomach by using the muscles of your throat
- (TAKE AWAY) If something large swallows (up) another thing, it makes it disappear or stop existing separately by making it part of itself.
- (ACCEPT) to accept something without question or without expressing disagreement
- (NOT EXPRESS) to not express or show something
- (THROAT) an act of using the muscles of your throat, or the amount of something you move into your stomach from your mouth by using the muscles of your throat
- (BIRD) a small bird with pointed wings and a tail with two points that flies quickly and catches insects to eat as it flies
- If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach.
- Swallow is also a noun.
- If you swallow, you make a movement in your throat as if you are swallowing something, often because you are nervous or frightened.
- If someone swallows a story or a statement, they believe it completely.
- to engulf or destroy as if by ingestion
- A swallow is a kind of small bird with pointed wings and a forked tail.
- a bitter pill to swallow&rarrsee pill
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 燕(子)[燕科(hirundinidae)鸟,参较band swallow, barn swallow, martin]
- 吞
- 烟囱刺尾雨燕及其类似的鸟
- 燕子
- 吞咽
- 吞咽