swallows

英 [ˈswɒləʊz] 美 [ˈswɑːloʊz]

v.  吞下; 咽下; (由于紧张等)做吞咽动作; 吞没; 淹没; 侵吞
n.  燕; 咽; 吞; 一次吞咽的量; 一口
swallow的第三人称单数和复数



柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 吞下;咽下
    If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach.
    1. You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B...
      你要服一粒维生素 B 胶囊。
    2. Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed and swallowed.
      波利咬了一口苹果,嚼了嚼咽了下去。
    3. Swallow is also a noun.
    4. Jan lifted her glass and took a quick swallow.
      简拿起玻璃杯猛地喝了一口。
  2. VERB (常因为紧张或恐惧而)做吞咽动作,咽口水
    If you swallow, you make a movement in your throat as if you are swallowing something, often because you are nervous or frightened.
    1. Nancy swallowed hard and shook her head.
      南希用力咽了口口水,摇了摇头。
  3. VERB 完全相信;信以为真
    If someone swallows a story or a statement, they believe it completely.
    1. It was vital that he swallowed the story about Juanita being in that motel room that night.
      关键是他对朱厄妮塔那晚住在那个汽车旅馆房间里一事毫不怀疑。
    2. I too found this story a little hard to swallow.
      我也觉得这件事有点难以置信。
  4. VERB 掩饰,抑制(感情)
    If you swallow your feelings, you do not express them, although you want to very much.
    1. Gordon has swallowed the anger he felt...
      戈登忍住了内心的愤怒。
    2. He flashed me a quick grin but rapidly swallowed it when he saw my expression.
      他先是冲我咧嘴一笑,不过看到我的表情后又赶紧收起笑脸。
  5. 燕子
    A swallow is a kind of small bird with pointed wings and a forked tail.
    1. a bitter pill to swallow → see: pill

    双语例句

    1. There were swallows in the cloudless blue sky
      燕子在万里无云的蓝天飞翔。
    2. She poured some vodka into a glass and knocked it back in two swallows.
      她往玻璃杯里倒了一些伏特加酒,两口就喝完了。
    3. He who swallows food handed out in contempt will have a bellyache.
      嗟来之食,吃下去肚子要痛的。
    4. Flowers fall off [ will die], do what one may. Swallows return, no strangers they.
      无可奈何花落去,似曾相识燕归来。
    5. Swallows come by group at the advent of spring.
      春天来临时燕子成群飞来。
    6. Swallows fly about, carefree and at liberty.
      燕子自由自在地飞翔。
    7. Swallows carry bits of earth in their bills to build nests.
      燕子衔泥筑窠。
    8. Swallows migrate south in winter.
      燕子在冬天迁徙到南方。
    9. When do young swallows have their first moult?
      雏燕在什么时候第一次换毛?
    10. The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house.
      燕子正在我们的屋檐下筑巢。
    11. The swallows have built a nest under the eaves.
      燕子在房檐下做了个窝。
    12. Flowers fall, do what one may;| swallows return, no strangers they.
      无可奈何花落去,似曾相识燕归来。(晏殊《浣溪沙》)
    13. The swallows skimmed over the water.
      燕子掠水而过。
    14. He dreamed a black swan and several swallows flying in the sky.
      他梦见一只黑天鹅和几只燕子在空中飞翔。
    15. We stood on the bridge watching swallows skimming the water.
      我们站在桥上观看燕子掠过水面。
    16. Swallows dive and turn, trying to catch what we can't see;
      燕子俯冲并转过身,试着抓住我们看不到的东西;
    17. An owl kills its prey with its talons, and swallows it whole.
      猫头鹰用爪子来杀死猎物,然后整个地吞下。
    18. Swallows may have gone, but there is a time of return;
      燕子去了,又在来的时候;
    19. Baby swallows could already fly for a short distance and stop on nearby beams and lights.
      燕宝宝们已经可以从燕巢里飞出来,停在附近的梁上柱上了。
    20. At this time a pair of swallows nesting in our first floor corridor.
      这时有一对燕子在我们楼道一楼筑巢。
    21. Seven swallows were caught near their nest.
      (人们)在燕窝附近捉了七只燕子。
    22. Those swallows have made their nest on our chimney!
      那些燕子在我们的烟囱上做起窝来了!
    23. In the early evening, the air was filled with graceful swallows.
      夜幕初降,天空中飞满了体态幽雅的燕子。
    24. What if the derivatives black hole swallows up all their equity, and governments end up owning them all?
      如果衍生产品的损失黑洞吞噬了这些公司的所有股本,政府最终持有了它们的所有股份会怎样?
    25. "Kay is dead and gone!" said she to the swallows.
      “他死了,不见了!”她对燕子说。
    26. The swallows have "an instinct to go home".
      燕子有一种回家的本能。
    27. Whitens and swallows its dull stars.
      变白,吞没了暗淡的星。
    28. Later, I left home to study and work in cities, never see the shadow swallows plot.
      后来,我离开家乡去大城市读书和工作,再也见不到燕子矫捷的身影。
    29. There's a swallows 'nest under my roof at home.
      我家屋檐下有个燕子窝。
    30. Swallows flying very low in spring rain.
      燕子在春雨中飞得很低。