Word · Frequency #3290
swallowing
吞咽；咽下
swallowing is the present participle of swallow.
核心释义
To move food or drink from your mouth down into your stomach.
- 1.
吞咽(食物、饮料等)；把...咽下肚。
To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
- 2.
吞没；吸收；使消失。
To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
- 3.
咽下食物；做吞咽动作(常表示紧张或强烈情绪)。
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.
- 4.
轻易接受；轻信；相信。
To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
- 5.
吞并；占用(常与up连用)。
To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
- 6.
收回；撤回(言论等)。
To retract; to recant.
- 7.
忍受；容忍；不加报复地承受。
To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
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
用法In use
Chew your food well before you swallow it.
用法提示：swallow 在此为动词原形，表示把食物从口腔咽入胃中。
She swallowed the medicine quickly with a glass of water.
用法提示：swallowed 是 swallow 的过去式，描述一次性完成的咽下动作。
The baby is swallowing the mashed banana slowly.
用法提示：swallowing 是现在分词，与 is 构成现在进行时，表示正在进行的吞咽动作。
swallow sth
作及物动词，宾语多为食物、饮料、药片等具体的东西。
She swallowed the pill with a glass of water.
她用一杯水把药片咽了下去。
swallow
作不及物动词，表示做吞咽动作，常用来表现紧张、害怕等情绪，多与 hard 连用。
He swallowed hard before answering the question.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- swallow hard
- 用力咽口水（多表示紧张、犹豫或强忍情绪）
- She swallowed hard before answering the question.回答问题前，她用力咽了口口水。
- swallow one's pride
- 放下自尊；忍辱低头
- He had to swallow his pride and ask for help.他只好放下自尊去求助。
- swallow up
- 吞没；使消失（常指被更大的一方吸收、吞并）
- The small firm was quickly swallowed up by its rival.这家小公司很快就被对手吞并了。
- swallow a pill
- 吞药片
- Some children find it hard to swallow pills.有些孩子觉得吞药片很难。
- swallow one's words
学习提示Learner notes
语法说明Grammar Note
注意：可作及物和不及物动词，及物时后接宾语，不及物时单独使用。
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