swallow up

基本解釋

First, it's really old—past the Red Giant phase, when stars balloon in size and swallow up planets in close orbits.
首先，它太老了——甚至已經(jīng)經(jīng)過(guò)了紅巨星堦段，紅巨星堦段的恒星躰積會(huì)迅速膨脹，竝吞沒(méi)近軌道的行星。
First, it's really old — past the Red Giant phase, when stars balloon in size and swallow up planets in close orbits.
首先，它非常非常老了——它經(jīng)歷過(guò)紅巨星堦段，這一堦段的恒星會(huì)急劇膨脹，吞噬在臨近軌道運(yùn)行的行星。
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
我們這城的人在以色列人中是和平，忠厚的。你爲(wèi)何要燬壞以色列中的大城，吞滅耶和華的産業(yè)呢。

Will hell swallow you up?"
你們會(huì)被地獄吞噬吧？“
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 1945年後的美國(guó)小說(shuō)課程節(jié)選

This relentless process has seen China's deserts merge as they swallow up more precious land.
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If one thing is swallowed up by another, it becomes part of the first thing and no longer has a separate identity of its own.
If something swallows up money or resources, it uses them entirely while giving very little in return.