Swallowname

• 1

  A surname.

• 2

  A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1703).

swallowverb詞源 1/ˈswɒl.əʊ/

• 1

  To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

  • What the liquor was I do not know, but it was not so strong but that I could swallow it in great gulps and found it less burning than my burning throat.
  • Clothes are to be worn and food is to be swallowed: they remain trapped in the physical world.
• 2

  To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

  • The necessary provision of the life swallows the greatest part of their time.
  • His body, like so many others swallowed by the ocean's hungry maw, was never found.
• 3

  To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

  • My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.
  • She swallowed nervously then, appearing near sick with what she had to say.
• 4

  To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

  • this humbug was readily swallowed by men who were supposed to be intelligent,
  • Most newspapers we saw swallowed whole an S.R. estimate that it would cost £20m to equip the Region with point heaters.
• 5

  To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

  • Homer excels […] in this, that he swallowed up the honour of those who succeeded him.
• 6

  To retract; to recant.

  • to swallow one's opinions
  • Left her in her tears, and dried not one of them with his comfort; swallowed his vows whole
• 7

  To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

  • to swallow an affront or insult
• 8

  slangTo fellate; perform oral sex.

swallownoun詞源 1/ˈswɒl.əʊ/

• 1

  The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

  • He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.
  • She took a swallow of milk and made a face. "This milk is blinky."
• 2

  archaicA deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

• 3

  archaicThe mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.

  • The door burst wide open, and he saw nothing but a gaping jaw extending from the threshold up to the lintel. "There is a mouthful for you," said the youngster, and threw the pauper boy into the swallow; "taste that! But let me see now who you are! Perhaps you are an old acquaintance?" And so it was; it was the devil who was about again.
• 4

  nauticaltransportThe opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.

  • In addition, j-lock shackles can pass through the swallow of a modern genoa track even with a sheet in tension already there, and this is very useful when preparing a sail change on the same tack.
  • Blocks are made in a great variety of patterns. All are designed to be used one way. The rope goes through the swallow.
• 5

  Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing, commonly paired and eaten with various types of soup.

swallownoun詞源 2/ˈswɒl.əʊ/

• 1

  A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.