swallow up

基本解释

First, it's really old—past the Red Giant phase, when stars balloon in size and swallow up planets in close orbits.
首先，它太老了——甚至已经经过了红巨星阶段，红巨星阶段的恒星体积会迅速膨胀，并吞没近轨道的行星。
First, it's really old — past the Red Giant phase, when stars balloon in size and swallow up planets in close orbits.
首先，它非常非常老了——它经历过红巨星阶段，这一阶段的恒星会急剧膨胀，吞噬在临近轨道运行的行星。
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
我们这城的人在以色列人中是和平，忠厚的。你为何要毁坏以色列中的大城，吞灭耶和华的产业呢。

This relentless process has seen China's deserts merge as they swallow up more precious land.
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Facebook's apology and changes to Beacon seem to have appeased that angry minority before it could swallow up the site.
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With inflation so low, households have been borrowing more because interest payments do not swallow up so much of their income.
ECONOMIST: The economy

If one thing is swallowed up by another, it becomes part of the first thing and no longer has a separate identity of its own.
If something swallows up money or resources, it uses them entirely while giving very little in return.