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🔑swallowswal·low1 /ˈswɑloʊ / verb - [transitive] to make food, drink, etc. pass from your mouth down your throat吞下；咽下◆It's easier to swallow pills if you take them with water.药片用水送服会更容易下咽。◆ (figurative) The rent swallows up most of our monthly income.租金花去了我们每个月的大部分收入。
- [intransitive] to make a movement in your throat, often because you are afraid or surprised, etc.（因害怕、吃惊等）做吞咽动作◆She swallowed hard and tried to speak, but nothing came out.她使劲咽了口唾沫想说话，但什么也没说出来。
- [transitive] to accept or believe something, often too easily（常指轻易地）相信◆You shouldn't swallow everything they tell you!你不该他们说什么你就信什么！
- [transitive] to accept an insult, etc. without protest默默忍受（侮辱等）◆I find her criticisms very hard to swallow.我觉得她的批评很难让人接受。
swallowswal·low2 /ˈswɑloʊ / noun [countable] - an act of swallowing吞；咽
- a common small bird燕子
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