单词详解

1.  n.

[C]燕子( small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations)
One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。

There are many swallows staying on the line. 电线上停着许多燕子。

The swallow likes to make a nest under the eaves. 燕子喜欢在屋檐下垒窝。

2. vt.

A.吞下，咽下( pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking)
He swallowed the pills with a cup of water. 他用一杯水吞下了这些药丸。

B.淹没，吞没，吞并[(+up)]  ( engulf and destroy)
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter.
巨浪吞没了小船，小船随后就沉没了。

3. vi.

吞下，咽下

Let me take a swallow of beer. 让我喝口啤酒。
I had a bad cold and I couldn’t swallow because of a sore throat.

我患了重感冒，因嗓子疼而不能吞咽。

相关词组

swallow up淹没；吞下去；耗尽

The fog swallowed up the whole city. 迷雾笼罩了全城。

相关单词

复数：swallows

过去式：swallowed

过去分词：swallowed

现在分词：swallowing

第三人称单数：swallows