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。
吞咽；咽下
swallows — third person singular of swallow
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
To move food or drink from your mouth down into your stomach.
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.
吞没；吸收；使消失。
To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
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.
轻易接受；轻信；相信。
To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
吞并；占用(常与up连用)。
To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
收回；撤回(言论等)。
To retract; to recant.
忍受；容忍；不加报复地承受。
To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
一般现在时
I always swallow my food quickly.
我总是快速吞咽食物。
一般过去时
She swallowed the pill yesterday.
她昨天吞下了药片。
现在进行时
He is swallowing a mouthful of water.
他正在吞咽一口水。
规则动词
Chew your food well before you swallow it.
咽下之前要充分咀嚼食物。
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.
她喝了一口水，很快把药咽了下去。
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.
宝宝正在慢慢地吞咽香蕉泥。
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。
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。
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.
回答问题之前，他使劲咽了口口水。
swallow up 表示吞没、吞并；用被动式时由 by 引出吞并的一方。
The small company was swallowed up by a larger competitor.
这家小公司被一个更大的竞争对手吞并了。
grammar · medium
易错句子She swallow the pill with a glass of water every morning.
正确表达She swallows the pill with a glass of water every morning.
英语一般现在时中，第三人称单数主语后的动词必须加 -s/-es。汉语动词没有数的变化，学习者容易漏掉词尾变化，因此 She 后面的 swallow 要改为 swallows。
grammar · medium
易错句子This pill is hard to be swallowed without water.
正确表达This pill is hard to swallow without water.
在 be + hard/easy/difficult 等形容词 + 不定式的结构中，不定式用主动形式表达被动含义，不能再写成 to be + 过去分词。受汉语影响容易加上被动式，这里应直接说 hard to swallow。
grammar · medium
易错句子He has difficulty to swallow after the operation.
正确表达He has difficulty swallowing after the operation.
have difficulty/trouble (in) doing sth 后面接动名词，不接不定式。汉语说“做某事有困难”时容易套用不定式，所以要把 to swallow 改为 swallowing（in 可以省略）。
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。
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。
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。
吞药片
Some children find it hard to swallow pills.
有些孩子觉得吞药片很难。
收回自己说过的话
She was forced to swallow her words when the facts came out.
事实公开后，她不得不收回自己说过的话。
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Many users swallow the bait and click the fake link.
许多用户上了钩，点击了那个假链接。