swallow

To move food or drink from your mouth down into your stomach.

1. 1.

   To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

   吞咽(食物、饮料等)；把...咽下肚。

2. 2.

   To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

   吞没；吸收；使消失。

3. 3.

   To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

   咽下食物；做吞咽动作(常表示紧张或强烈情绪)。

4. 4.

   To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

   轻易接受；轻信；相信。

5. 5.

   To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

   吞并；占用(常与up连用)。

6. 6.

   To retract; to recant.

   收回；撤回(言论等)。

7. 7.

   To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

   忍受；容忍；不加报复地承受。

吞没；吞噬；吸收；咽口水；做吞咽动作；轻信；全盘接受；吞并；侵吞；收回；撤销

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