- 吞没，淹没：
I really wish there's a dark hole that would swallow up bad people.
我真希望有个能把坏人一口吞下去的黑洞。
He's suddenly swallowed up among the masses.
一下子他就被人群吞没了。
- 耗尽，用尽：
What can we do, if the fuel has been swallowed up?
燃料用完之后我们该怎么办?
His wages were swallowed up by his wine bills.
他的工资全都耗费在了喝酒上。
- 使消失，摧毁：
The whole town was swallowed up by the magma.
岩浆毁掉了整个城镇。
- 取代：
The theory of electromagnetism swallowed up the theory of light.
磁电学说取代了光学论。
- 占用；把…占为己有：
He tried to swallow up the publicly-owned land.
他企图把公共用地据为己有。