英语词组swallow up是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

词组	swallow up
释义	Idiom swallow upswallow up (someone/something) to take in or absorb someone or something. The suburbs are swallowing up all the farmland and open space in the region.She walked down the street, and the crowd just swallowed her up. Phr V swallow up swallows, swallowing, swallowed swallow up sth or swallow sth up if an organization or activity swallows up a large amount of money, it uses the whole amount of money Defence spending swallows up 30% of the country's wealth. often passive + in It's a very expensive project to run: $10 million is swallowed up in administration costs alone. if a large organization or country swallows up a smaller one, the smaller one is made part of the larger one Specialist publishers are increasingly being swallowed up by large publishing groups. to make something disappearusually passive + in Beyond the light of the fire, everything was swallowed up in the darkness. phraseswallow up1. swallow up sth • *swallow sth* up** usually passive if a large country, company, or organization swallows up a smaller one, the smaller one becomes part of the larger one: The tiny island state was swallowed up by Indonesia in 1976. A lot of the old publishing firms have been swallowed up by huge multinationals.■ SIMILAR TO: take over, absorb2. swallow up sth • *swallow sth* up** usually passive if something swallows up a large amount of money, it uses all of it, so that the money is not available for other things: I got a pay rise, but it was swallowed up by the increase in train fares.■ SIMILAR TO: eat up3. swallow up sb/sth • *swallow sb/sth* up** literary if something such as darkness, a cloud, or a crowd swallows someone or something up, it hides them so that they cannot be seen: The storm had swallowed up the daylight. Sheets of dense gray rain fell from the sky. No sooner did the moon spill its silver light over the fields than it was swallowed up by cloud. She watched as Blake walked down the street, until he was swallowed up by the crowd.■ SIMILAR TO: engulf swallow up 1. To eat something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "swallow" and "up." Rich is a fine dinner guest—he just swallows up anything I put on the table! I highly doubt that my little dog swallowed a rabbit up. 2. To fully consume or envelope someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "swallow" and "up." Can you believe that sinkhole swallowed up three cars? swallow someone or something up 1. Lit. to eat or gobble up someone or something. The fairy-tale wolf threatened to swallow the pig up in one bite. The wolf swallowed up the meat in one bite. 2. Fig. to engulf or contain something. The vast garage seemed to swallow the cars up. The huge sweater swallowed up the tiny child.
随便看	(one's) mind goes blank one's mind went blank one's mission in life (one's) mission in life one's moment in the sun (one's) moment in the sun one's money's worth (one's) money's worth one's mother country one's mother tongue one's/my finger itches to one's name in lights one's name is mud (one's) name is mud one's native soil one's nearest and dearest one's neck of the woods (one's) nerves are shot (one's) next-door neighbor one's next-door neighbor one's next door neighbor one's next-door neighbors one's next door neighbors one's next door neighbour one's next-door neighbour

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swallow up

swallow someone or something up