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swallow [swallows] (bird) noun [UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ] | 燕子 /yànzi/noun |
swallow [swallowed, swallowing, swallows] (to believe or accept) verb [UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ] | 相信verb |
swallow [swallowed, swallowing, swallows] (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach) verb [UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ] | 吞 /tūn/verb 吞嚥 /tūnyàn/verb 咽 /yàn/verb |
swallow [swallowed, swallowing, swallows] (to put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation) verb [UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ] | 容忍verb |
barn swallow [barn swallows] (species of swallow) noun [UK: bɑːn ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈbɑːrn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ] | 家燕 /jiāyàn/noun |
one swallow does not a summer make (one instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend) phrase [UK: wʌn ˈswɒ.ləʊ dʌz nɒt ə ˈsʌ.mə(r) ˈmeɪk] [US: wʌn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ ˈdəz ˈnɑːt ə ˈsʌ.mər ˈmeɪk] | 一燕不成夏 /yīyànbùchéngxià/phrase 孤燕不成夏 /gūyànbùchéngxià/phrase 獨燕不成夏 /dúyānbùchéngxià/phrase |
pill to swallow (something to accept) noun | 苦果 /kǔguǒ/noun |