swallower

基本解釋

Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you.
喔，那個吞劍者，他向你走來。
That would make them a greater swallower of American treasure than the Vietnam war (in real dollars), though nowhere near as costly to America in terms of blood (3,100 deaths so far, versus 58,000).
如此一來，伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭和阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭將比越南戰(zhàn)爭消耗更多的美國財力（以實(shí)際美元算），盡管如此，美軍犧牲人數(shù)無從企及當(dāng)年的越戰(zhàn)（伊戰(zhàn)至今美軍死亡人數(shù)達(dá)3，100，而越戰(zhàn)達(dá)58，000）。
The sword swallower swallowed a swollen sword.
吞劍人吞了一把膨脹的劍。
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There has since been a tendency to see it as little more than a swallower of endless charity.
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