Swallows - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Take in or soak up (energy or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action.

Примеры использования:

Buildings can be designed to absorb and retain heat

verb

To take in a liquid, gas, or chemical

Примеры использования:

The black clay soil around here doesn’t absorb water very well., fig. the country has absorbed mill…

verb

If an organization absorbs the cost of something, it pays that cost

Примеры использования:

The law school has absorbed most of the expenses so far, but it may have to offer fewer places next…

verb

Take in and understand fully (information or ideas).

Примеры использования:

Marie tried to assimilate the week's events

verb

To take in and make a part of your basic knowledge something learned from others, so that you can use it as your own

Примеры использования:

[ t ] we hoped the students would assimilate the information contained in the lecture., [ t ] once …

verb

To become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part of a group, country, society, etc.

Примеры использования:

The european union should remain flexible enough to assimilate more countries quickly., you shouldn…

verb

Put or hide underground.

Примеры использования:

He buried the box in the back garden

verb

Place in a grave or tomb

verb

To put a dead body into the ground

Примеры использования:

My father is buried in kentucky., squirrels bury nuts and dig them up later to eat them., she burie…

verb

Eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink).

Примеры использования:

People consume a good deal of sugar in drinks

verb

To use fuel, energy, or time, esp. in large amounts

Примеры использования:

Weekend shopping chores consumed much of her time., they consume a lot of candy., fire had consumed…

verb

To use something such as fuel, energy, money, or time, especially in large quantities

Примеры использования:

It's a province of china which consumes 180,000 tons of coal a year., this device will monitor how …

verb

Eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.

Примеры использования:

He devoured half of his burger in one bite

verb

To eat eagerly and in large amounts, so that nothing is left

Примеры использования:

He devoured the entire plate of spaghetti., fig. she devoured (= read eagerly and quickly) the nove…

verb

Take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow.

Примеры использования:

We sat by the fire, drinking our tea

noun

A liquid that can be swallowed as refreshment or nourishment.

Примеры использования:

Fizzy drinks

verb

Take in liquids

verb

Die through submersion in and inhalation of water.

Примеры использования:

A motorist drowned when her car plunged off the edge of a quay

verb

Kill by submerging in water

verb

To die by being under water and unable to breathe, or to kill someone by causing this to happen

Примеры использования:

[ i ] he drowned in a boating accident., [ always + adv/prep ] drowning in debt/sorrow

verb

Put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it.

Примеры использования:

He was eating a hot dog

noun

Light food or snacks.

Примеры использования:

These make great party eats

abbreviation

Tanzania (international vehicle registration).

verb

(of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.

Примеры использования:

The cafe was engulfed in flames

verb

To surround and cover completely

Примеры использования:

Floodwaters engulfed midwestern farmlands.

verb

Eat or drink (something) greedily.

Примеры использования:

He would guzzle his ale

verb

To drink or eat something eagerly or in large amounts

Примеры использования:

He sat in the shade, guzzling cold soda.

verb

Drink (alcohol).

Примеры использования:

They were imbibing far too many pitchers of beer

verb

To drink

verb

Take in or contain (something) as part of a whole; include.

Примеры использования:

He has incorporated in his proposals a number of measures

adjective

Another term for incorporated.

verb

Take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it.

Примеры использования:

Lead will poison anyone if enough is ingested

verb

To take food or liquid into the stomach

Примеры использования:

These mushrooms are poisonous if ingested.

verb

Overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.

Примеры использования:

We've been inundated with complaints from listeners

verb

To bring to a place or person too much of something, so that it cannot be dealt with

Примеры использования:

After appearing on tv they were inundated with telephone calls for a week., we were inundated with …

verb

Succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty).

Примеры использования:

He overcame his pain for a time

verb

Spread over or occupy (a place) in large numbers.

Примеры использования:

The mediterranean has been overrun by tourists

noun

An instance of something exceeding an expected or allowed time or cost.

Примеры использования:

The cost overrun caused the company's share price to fall

verb

To spread over an area quickly and in large numbers

Примеры использования:

The city has become increasingly unpleasant because it is overrun with tourists.

verb

Bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water.

Примеры использования:

Floodwaters overwhelmed hundreds of houses

phrasal verb

Quickly finish or consume something.

Примеры использования:

They polished off most of the sausages

phrasal verb

To finish something quickly and easily

Примеры использования:

He polished off two burgers and a mountain of french fries.

verb

Drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink) heartily.

Примеры использования:

He quaffed pint after pint of good berkshire ale

noun

An alcoholic drink.

Примеры использования:

Porter is a dark, malty quaff

verb

To drink something quickly or in large amounts

verb

Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

Примеры использования:

Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films

noun

An expression of scornful derision.

Примеры использования:

Scoffs of disbelief

noun

Food.

Примеры использования:

Ice cream was seen as suitable scoff to keep the under-tens quiet

noun

An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.

Примеры использования:

They usually breed in marshes and brushy swamps with some open water, dense, low vegetation, and pe…

verb

Overwhelm or flood with water.

Примеры использования:

A huge wave swamped the canoes

noun

An area of very wet, soft land

Примеры использования:

[ c ] alligators live in these swamps., a low-lying, swampy region, the boat was swamped by an enor…

idiom

Eat quickly