1·She was still hiccuping from the egg she had swallowed whole.
她还在因为先前整个吞下鸡蛋而打嗝儿。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The UK government looks increasingly like a python that has swallowed a hippopotamus.
英国政府越看越像是一条吞下河马的巨蟒。
3·New work suggests that a chunk appears to have broken off and got lodged between the two ocean slabs like a deer swallowed by a python.
最近的研究认为，有一个板块已经折断形成，夹在两个海洋板块之间，就像被蟒蛇吞下的一头鹿。
4·I assume another reason you were so certain is that—rather famously—you swallowed a bunch of Helicobacter bacteria to prove that it caused stomach problems.
我猜你能这么肯定的另一个原因是——众所周知——你吞下了一堆幽门螺杆菌以证明是它引起了胃病。
5·She survives because, as well as the bottle of agricultural fertiliser she swallowed, she drank one of washing-up liquid, thinking that any chemical in a bottle was poison.
由于她认为任何在瓶子中装着的化学制品都是有毒的，因此她吞下了一瓶农药，同时还喝了一种洗涤剂。