verb

swallow

吞嚥, 嚥下, 輕信, 忍受

Chew your food before you swallow.

吞嚥前要咀嚼食物。

He had to swallow his pride and apologise.

他不得不忍辱道歉。

I find that story hard to swallow.

我覺得那個故事很難讓人相信。

((sth.)) 吞下(某物) Chew your food before you swallow.

((sth.)) 忍受/輕信(某事) He had to swallow his pride.

同義詞: ingest (攝取), consume (消耗); 反義詞: spit out (吐出)

源自古英語 'swelgan',意為「吞嚥,吞食」。

將動詞與鳥類「燕子」(swallow)聯繫起來,燕子在空中捕捉並吞下昆蟲。

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