swallowing 音标拼音: [sw'ɑloɪŋ]
吞咽; 下咽运动
吞咽; 下咽运动
Swallow \
Swal "
low \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Swallowed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Swallowing }.] [
OE .
swolewen ,
swolwen ,
swolhen ,
AS .
swelgan ;
akin to D .
zwelgen ,
OHG .
swelahan ,
swelgan ,
G .
schwelgen to feast ,
to revel ,
Icel .
svelgia to swallow ,
SW .
sv [
aum ]
lja ,
Dan .
svaelge .
Cf . {
Groundsel }
a plant .]
1 .
To take into the stomach ;
to receive through the gullet ,
or esophagus ,
into the stomach ;
as ,
to swallow food or drink .
[
1913 Webster ]
As if I had swallowed snowballs for pills . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To draw into an abyss or gulf ;
to ingulf ;
to absorb --
usually followed by up . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
The earth opened her mouth ,
and swallowed them up ,
and their houses . --
Num .
xvi .
32 .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To receive or embrace ,
as opinions or belief ,
without examination or scruple ;
to receive implicitly .
[
1913 Webster ]
Though that story . . .
be not so readily swallowed .
--
Sir T .
Browne .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
To engross ;
to appropriate ; --
usually with up .
[
1913 Webster ]
Homer excels . . .
in this ,
that he swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him . --
Pope .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
To occupy ;
to take up ;
to employ .
[
1913 Webster ]
The necessary provision of the life swallows the greatest part of their time . --
Locke .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 .
To seize and waste ;
to exhaust ;
to consume .
[
1913 Webster ]
Corruption swallowed what the liberal hand Of bounty scattered . --
Thomson .
[
1913 Webster ]
7 .
To retract ;
to recant ;
as ,
to swallow one '
s opinions .
"
Swallowed his vows whole ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
8 .
To put up with ;
to bear patiently or without retaliation ;
as ,
to swallow an affront or insult .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
To absorb ;
imbibe ;
ingulf ;
engross ;
consume .
See {
Absorb }.
[
1913 Webster ]
安装中文字典英文字典查询工具! 中文字典英文字典工具:
复制到剪贴板
英文字典中文字典相关资料: