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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 主要翻译 | swallow⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (down throat) | 吞下 tūn xià | | | 咽下 yàn xià | swallow viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (gulp) | 吞 tūn | | | 咽 yān | | Polly swallowed nervously when the boss asked what she wanted. | swallow nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (bird) | 燕 yān | | | 燕子 yàn zi | | In the summer, I like to watch the swallows flying over our garden. | | 其他翻译 | swallow nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (act of swallowing) | 吞,咽
| swallow vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | figurative (accept) | 轻易接受 qīng yì jiē shòu | | | 轻易相信 qīng yì xiāng xìn | swallow vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | figurative (take in) | 吸收 xī shōu |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 动词短语 | swallow [sth] up, swallow up [sth] vtr phrasal sepphrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game." | figurative (envelop completely) | 吞并,侵吞,吞没
| | | 用尽,花光
| | The jungle vines completely swallowed up the temple ruins. |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 复合形式: | swan dive (US), swallow dive (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (into water) | 直体向前跳水 zhí tǐ xiàng qián tiào shuǐ | | | 燕式跳水 yàn shì tiào shuǐ | | He took a swan dive into the pool from the diving board. | swan dive (US), swallow dive (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (economics: decrease) (比喻,经济等) | 跳水,直线下降,暴跌
| | At the very beginning of the recession world stock markets took a swan dive. | swan dive (US), swallow dive (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (loss of prestige, etc.) (比喻,声望等) | 跳水,直线下降,暴跌
| | The politician's campaign took a swan dive when he revealed his affair with the secretary. |
Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: swallow [ 'sw%l&u] I n [c]1 (=bird) 燕子 yànzi [只 zhī] 2 [of food, drink] 吞咽(嚥) tūnyàn II vt 1 [+ food, drink, pills] 吞下 tūnxià 2 [+ story, statement] 轻(輕)信 qīngxìn III vi 吞咽(嚥) tūnyàn- to swallow one's pride
放下架子 fàngxià jiàzi
swallow up vt 1 [+ money, resources] 耗尽(盡) hàojìn 2 [+ company] 吞并(並) tūnbìng |