swallow ['swɔləu]

1、n.燕子，雨燕

as light as a swallow
身輕如燕

The swallow whirred past.
那只燕子颼地飛掠而過。
Swallow and sparrow cannot understand the ambition of swan.
燕雀安知鴻鵠之志。

2、vt.吞，咽，吞沒
Chew the food well before swallow it.
你吃東西要細(xì)嚼慢咽。
She swallowed some milk.
她咽下幾口牛奶。

3、vt.忍受；容忍；壓抑
He swallowed the insult without comment.
他無言地忍受著侮辱。
We should swallow our pride after we succeeded.
成功之后我們應(yīng)該收斂驕氣。

4、vt.輕信
Am I supposed to swallow that story?
你們認(rèn)為我會輕信那個故事嗎？

5、vi.耗盡、取消
The cost of the trial swallowed up all their savings.
訴訟費(fèi)用耗光了他們的全部積蓄.

【習(xí)慣用語】
1、swallow the bait
上鉤，上當(dāng)，陷入圈套
2、swallow a camel
默認(rèn)難于容忍（或難于置信）的事
3、swallow a gudgeon
輕易受騙，被謊言所欺
4、swallow one's words
發(fā)音含糊，口齒不清
5、young swallow
雛燕

【背句子記單詞】
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏; 不可憑偶然現(xiàn)象而推斷。