n.燕子；吞咽；一次吞咽的量

v.忍受；吞下；咽下；轻信；不流露感情；收回

There are many swallows flying in the sky. 天空中有许多燕子。

The swallow has made a nest under our eaves. 燕子在我们的屋檐下垒了一个窝。

He downed the medicine at one swallow. 他一口便把药全吞下了。

Let me take a swallow of beer. 让我喝口啤酒。

They can't treat me like that; I'm not going to swallow it. 他们不能这样对待我，我忍不下这口气。

He swallowed all the criticism without saying a thing. 他默默地忍受一切责难。

You must chew your food well before you swallow it. 食物吞下去之前先要细细咀嚼。

His lips worked as he tried to swallow the food. 他使劲儿把食物咽下去，嘴唇都扭曲起来。

He couldn't swallow because of a sore throat. 他因嗓子疼而不能吞咽。

You should have a try, don't swallow anybody. 不要轻信任何人，你得亲自去试一试。

The company was swallowed up in a corporate merger. 该公司在一次公司合并中被收购了。

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。

swallow还可用作名词,作“(吃或喝的)一口”“燕子”解。例如:He had a few swallows of tea and then hurried out.他喝了几口茶,就匆忙出去了。One swallow doesn't make a summer.一燕不成夏。