vt.
1. 吞下,咽下
He swallowed the pills with a cup of water.
他用壹杯水吞下了這些藥丸。
2. 淹沒,吞沒;吞並[(+up)]
The waves swallowed up the little boat.
波浪吞沒了小船。
3. 耗盡,用盡[(+up)]
The increase in travel costs swallowed up our pay increase.
旅行費用的增加超出了我們的工資增長。
4. 口輕信;輕易接受
She is naive and would swallow anything you tell her.
她很天真,妳跟她講什麽她都相信。
5. 忍受
He swallowed the insults and kept on working.
他忍受侮辱繼續努力。
He had to swallow the insult.
他不得不忍受侮辱。
6. 壓制,抑制
She swallowed her displeasure and smiled.
她抑制自己的不快,強顏歡笑。
7. 取消(前言)
He had to swallow his words.
他不得不取消前言。
vi.
1. 吞下;咽下
He couldn't swallow because of a sore throat.
他因嗓子疼而不能吞咽。