vt.& vi. 吞，咽；忍耐，忍受；
vt. 不流露； <口> 忍受，轻信；
n. [鸟]燕子；胃管，食道；一次吞咽的量；（滑车等的）通索孔
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词
S+～(+A)
Chew well before swallowing.
细嚼再慢咽。
His throat was so painful that he could hardly swallow.
他的嗓子疼,几乎咽不下东西。
Taking pills is easy,just put them in your mouths and swallow.
吃药丸容易,只要把药丸放在嘴里咽下去。
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.
He swallowed a mouthful of bread.
他咽下一口面包。
He rolled the slip into a little ball and swallowed it.
他把纸条揉成小团,吞了下去。
You must chew your food well before you swallow it.
咽之前你必须细嚼。
1. I too found this story a little hard to swallow.
我也觉得这件事有点难以置信。
2. Did you ever swallow the conspiracy theory about Kennedy?
你有没有轻信过有关肯尼迪总统遇刺的阴谋论？
3. You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B.
你要服一粒维生素B胶囊。
4. Sometimes he regurgitates the food we give him because he cannot swallow.
有时他会倒嚼我们喂给他吃的食物，因为他无法吞咽。
5. During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.
20世纪80年代，一些出版巨头开始吞并一些较小的公司。
6. Jan lifted her glass and took a quick swallow.
简拿起玻璃杯猛地喝了一口。