Swallow

(noun.) the act of swallowing; 'one swallow of the liquid was enough'; 'he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips'.

(noun.) small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations.

(noun.) a small amount of liquid food; 'a sup of ale'.

(verb.) believe or accept without questioning or challenge; 'Am I supposed to swallow that story?'.

(verb.) keep from expressing; 'I swallowed my anger and kept quiet'.

(verb.) take back what one has said; 'He swallowed his words'.

(verb.) utter indistinctly; 'She swallowed the last words of her speech'.

(verb.) engulf and destroy; 'The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries'.

(verb.) pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; 'Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!'.

尤金伲亚整理

• He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• He was pompous, but with such a cook what would one not swallow? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She went very slowly across the room, for pride was hard to swallow, and stood by him, but he did not turn his head. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• She sat, hour after hour, looking at him, now softly arranging his pillow, and, while he had power to swallow, administered his drink. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• With that head it is like one of those porcupine fish that swallow air and swell up after they are caught. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Love had come, as the rod of the master-prophet, to swallow up every minor propensity. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Unprepared as he was for the large pill he had to swallow, he got it down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Having first seen him perfectly swallowed up in admiration of Mrs. Jellyby, I had supposed her to be the absorbing object of his devotion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He knows drugs, you may be sure, as you can neither smell nor see, neither before they're swallowed nor after. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Child thought it capital fun, went back next day, and swallowed another bead. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• She falls from the lowermost stair, and is swallowed up in the gulf. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Experimenting on the machine swallowed a great deal of capital, and the stockholders of the company he had formed became impatient. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Anselmo tipped it up and swallowed. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I had now swallowed my tea. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Groups of every description were to be seen devouring the food and swallowing the liquor thus abandoned to their discretion. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Mr Merdle, with a dry, swallowing action, seemed to dispose of those qualities like a bolus; then added, 'As a sort of return for it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Con-signed in a safe quarter,' replied George, wringing the heads off half a dozen shrimps, and swallowing them without any more ado. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I feel as if I had been half drowned, and swallowing a gallon of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Then, withdrawing his hand and swallowing his mouthful of chop, he said to Stephen: 'Now you know, this good lady is a born lady, a high lady. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Thoroughly masticate the food, and well salivate it before swallowing. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Giving his wine a final chew, and swallowing it, the informer answered in a single word: 'Hages! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The Kalmucks to-day, like the swallows, go yearly a thousand miles from one home to another. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But I remember with the blowing of the train the lamp of the engine blew by over my head and pieces of steel flew by like swallows. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The dull crackling noise noticed in the ear when one swallows is due to the entrance and exit of air in the tube. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Like swallows. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He might as well buy next year's swallows. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The swallows circled around and I watched them and the night-hawks flying above the roofs and drank the Cinzano. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The predominant passion swallows up the inferior, and converts it into itself. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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