swal.low 1

swallow的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈswɔlou]
KK音标发音： [ˈswɑlo]

swallow的词性：
v.（动词）

swallow的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.
吞咽：使（如食物或饮料）通过嘴和咽喉进入胃

2. To put up with (something unpleasant):
忍受（不快的事）：

swallowed the insults and kept on working.
忍受侮辱继续工作

3. To refrain from expressing; suppress:
压抑：避免表达：抑制：

swallow one's feelings.
压抑情绪

4. To consume or destroy as if by ingestion; devour:
吞噬：象消化食物一样耗尽或毁灭；吞没：

a building that was swallowed up by fire.
被火焰吞没的建筑

5. Slang To believe without question:
【俚语】 轻信：毫无疑问地接受：

swallowed the alibi.
轻信这个托辞

6. To take back; retract:
彻回；收回：

swallow one's words.
收回前言

swallow的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

7. To perform the act of swallowing.
吞咽：进行吞咽的行为

swallow的词性：
n.（名词）

8. The act of swallowing.
吞咽：吞咽的行为

9. An amount swallowed.
一次吞咽量

10. Nautical The channel through which a rope runs in a block or a mooring chock.
【航海】 通索孔，停泊钩：供缆绳穿过进入滑轮或系泊导缆钩的凹槽

swallow的词源：

11. Middle English swalowen
中古英语 swalowen

12. from Old English swelgan * see swel-
源自 古英语 swelgan *参见 swel-

swallow的词性：
n.（名词）

swal.low 2

swallow的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈswɔlou]
KK音标发音： [ˈswɑlo]

swallow的词性：
n.（名词）

13. Any of various small, graceful, swift-flying passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, having long, pointed wings, a usually notched or forked tail, and a large mouth for catching flying insects and noted for their regular migrations in large numbers, often over long distances.
燕子：燕科体小、优美且飞行快疾的燕雀类小鸟，具有长而尖的翅膀、通常为V形或叉形尾巴和用于抓飞虫的大嘴，并因它们长距离的规律性集体大迁徙而闻名

14. Any of various similar birds, such as a swift.
各种类似的鸟，如褐雨燕

swallow的词源：

15. Middle English swalowe
中古英语 swalowe

16. from Old English swealwe
源自 古英语 swealwe