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　　swallow

　　常考释义

　　1、n. 燕子

　　a small bird that has long wings and a deeply forked tail

　　2、v.吞下、咽下

　　to take (something) into your stomach through your mouth and throat

　　例：He swallowed the grape whole.

　　他吞下了一整颗葡萄。

　　3、v.（紧张地）咽口水

　　to move the muscles in your throat as if you are swallowing something often because you are nervous

　　例：The boss said, “Come in.” I swallowed hard and walked in.

　　老板说了声“请进”。我紧张地咽了一下口水，走进去。

　　4、v.相信、接受

　　to accept or believe (something)

　　例：I can usually take criticism, but this is more than I can swallow.

　　一般的批评我都能接受，但这次实在是难以接受。

　　5、v.抑制、控制（感情）

　　to not allow yourself to show or be affected by (an emotion)

　　例：We have to swallow our disappointment about the election and keep trying to make things better.

　　我们只能忍住失望，接受选举结果并努力让一切好起来。

　　例句

　　1、Lots of modern animals, like birds and reptiles, also can’t chew food. They need to swallow it whole.

　　很多现代动物，包括鸟类和爬行动物，也不会咀嚼食物。他们只能整口吞下去。

　　2、She swallowed nervously before started her performance.

　　表演开始之前她紧张地咽了一下口水。

　　3、Her story is pretty hard to swallow.

　　她的故事实在让人难以相信。

　　4、She had to swallow her pride and ask for help.

　　她不得不放下自尊心寻求帮助。

　　练习

　　判断下列句子中swallow的意思。

　　1、A swallow flew with the swiftness of an arrow into the arbour.

　　2、Leo swallowed hard and walked into the room.

　　3、He contracted his brows and swallowed medicine down.

　　4、They cast doubt on his words when it suited their case, but swallowed them whole when it did not.

　　5、She swallowed her anger and turned to face him.

　　拓展

　　常用搭配：

　　swallow up 淹没；吞并；用尽（钱）

　　练习答案：1.燕子；2.（紧张地）吞口水；3.吞下；4.相信；5.忍住、控制（某种感情）

　　以上就是今日的托福词汇解析，希望对大家有所帮助。

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