| 释义 |
swallow sb / sth ↔ up 1. if a company or country is swallowed up by a larger one, it becomes part of it and no longer exists on its own吞并:•Hundreds of small companies have been swallowed up by these huge multinationals.数百家小公司都被这些大型跨国企业吞并了。2. writtenif something is swallowed up, it disappears because something covers it or hides it吞没，淹没; 侵吞:•Jane was soon swallowed up in the crowd.简很快淹没在人群中。•The countryside is gradually being swallowed up by new developments.乡村地区正逐渐被新开发区吞噬。3. if an amount of money is swallowed up, you have to spend it to pay for things耗尽，用尽〔金钱〕:•The extra cash was soon swallowed up.这笔额外的钱很快就花光了。 |