My mother came up to me and held my hands tightly. 母亲走向前紧紧地抓住我的手。
The waves swallowed up the little boat. 波浪吞没了小船。
Flames licked up a row of buildings in a second. 大火一会儿就吞没了一排建筑物。
His spare men were soon swallowed up in the winter offensive. 他的备用军在冬季的反攻中很快被消耗掉了。
This may only take a moment, but those moments pile up and eat into time that could be spent doing other things. 做这件事可能只消片刻，但一个个片刻累积起来，便消耗掉了本可去做其他事情的时间。
gobble up英英释义
Verb:
eat a large amount of food quickly;
"The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"
