swallow up

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To completely enclose or envelop.
    — Actually the job was almost the despair of those early pioneers, for the surface was a "quaking morass," the surrounding district was undrained, and no sooner than soil was deposited than it was swallowed up, with no apparent effect, for the sponginess of the land remained unaltered.
  2. To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.
    — Yes, there were hundreds of companies in existence, but a form of natural selection was taking place. Weaker companies were swallowed up by larger ones.
  3. To voraciously consume resources, such as money; to devour.

词形变化

swallows up present,singular,third-person swallowing up participle,present swallowed up participle,past swallowed up past
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