swallow學測 L2KK [ˈswɑlo] ｜ /ˈswɑloʊ/
吞嚥；嚥下·吞沒；淹沒·忍住；壓抑（情緒）·燕子
身兼吞嚥、忍情緒、燕子三重身份的常考字
The big waves swallowed the small boat in seconds.
巨浪幾秒內就把小船整個吞沒。
義項
喉嚨嚥下B2verb吞嚥；嚥下
She took a big drink of water and had to swallow before she could speak.
她喝了一大口水，得先吞下去才能說話。
swallow foodswallow a pill
整個吞沒C1verb吞沒；淹沒
Thick fog swallowed the whole town before noon.
濃霧在中午前就把整座城鎮整個吞沒。
swallowed by darknessswallowed by the crowd
忍住情緒B1verb忍住；壓抑（情緒）
He swallowed his anger and thanked the boy who beat him at chess.
他忍住怒氣，向那個下棋贏了他的男孩道謝。
swallow your angerswallow your pride
燕子低飛C1noun燕子
A swallow flew low over the pond and touched the water with its wings.
一隻燕子低飛掠過池塘，翅膀輕觸水面。
a swallow's nesta flock of swallows
片語
swallow your pride忍痛低頭 →放下自尊，委屈接受
a hard pill to swallow苦藥難吞 →難以接受的殘酷事實
swallowed by the crowd人群淹沒 →被人群整個包圍消失
one swallow doesn't make a summer一隻燕子 →單一現象不能代表整體
你會不會這樣說？
She took a big drink of water and had to ___ before she could speak. (swallow / shallow)
看答案
swallow
swallow 是「吞嚥」，shallow 是「淺的」，拼字只差一個字母。
'The big waves swallowed the small boat in seconds.' 這裡的 swallow 最接近哪個意思？(A) 吞嚥食物 (B) 完全包覆吞沒 (C) 忍住情緒
看答案
(B)
此句形容大浪把小船整個包覆吞沒，對應「吞沒；淹沒」義項。