swallow up 详细解释

swallow up

吞下去, 耗尽, 吞没

1. 吞没; 淹没

The plane was swallowed up in the clouds.

飞机消失在云层之中。

2. 侵占

词形变化

名词: swallower | 动词过去式: swallowed | 动词过去分词: swallowed | 动词现在分词: swallowing | 动词第三人称单数: swallows |

英英释义

动词 swallow up:

enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

同义词:immerse, swallow, bury, eat up

补充

swallow upswallow upv.1.淹没,耗尽

例句

1. He did not want his firm to be swallowed up by a multinational giant.他不希望自己的公司被跨国巨头吞并。 2. A seven-day TV ad campaign could swallow up the best part of £50,000.七天的电视广告宣传可能会将5万英镑花去一多半。 3. Weeds had swallowed up the garden.花园里杂草丛生。 4. She was quickly swallowed up in the crowd.她很快消失在人群里。 5. I really wish there's a dark hole that would swallow up bad people.我真希望有个能把坏人一口吞下去的黑洞。 6. He's suddenly swallowed up among the masses.一下子他就被人群吞没了。 7. What can we do, if the fuel has been swallowed up?燃料用完之后我们该怎么办? 8. His wages were swallowed up by his wine bills.他的工资全都耗费在了喝酒上。 9. The whole town was swallowed up by the magma.岩浆毁掉了整个城镇。 10. The theory of electromagnetism swallowed up the theory of light.磁电学说取代了光学论。 11. He tried to swallow up the publicly-owned land.他企图把公共用地据为己有。