swallowed

基本解釋

swallow的基本意思是“咽下”,指“吃”這個過程的第二階段——“咽”。即將口中食物通過咽喉直入食道。有時可指“快吃”,而不是把食物慢慢嚼碎。引申為“忍受”“不流露”。還可表示“吞沒”“掩蓋”“抓住”。
swallow在作“忍受”“抑制(情感)”解時,多指某人雖受痛苦與困難,但以某方式接受了令人煩惱、令人無法忍受的痛苦與經(jīng)歷。
swallow可用作不及物動詞,也可用作及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞、代詞作賓語?？捎糜诒粍咏Y(jié)構(gòu)。

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.
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