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- swells
- swelling
- swelled
- swollen/swelled
vi- ① 膨胀,变大;(手脚等)发肿;(帆等)鼓起
- His hand began to swell after the bee stung him.蜜蜂螯了他之后,他的手开始发肿。
- A mosquito has bitten him and his arm has swollen up.一只蚊子叮了他,他的手臂就肿起来。
- The sails swelled (out) in the wind.那些帆都在风中鼓起来。
- ② (数量、强度等)增加,涨水;(潮水)高涨;(声音)变高<in, into>
- The murmur swelled and then died away.低语声逐渐增高,然后渐渐消失。
- The murmur has swollen into a roar.低语声逐渐增高为吼叫声。
- The membership swelled to 600.会员增加为六百名。
- ③ (物体的形状)突出;(土地)隆起<out, up>
- A cask swells in the middle.大酒桶的中间部分是凸出的。
- The hills swell gradually up from the plain.山丘逐渐由平原隆起。
- ④ (心中感情)洋溢;(情绪)高昂
- Pride swelled in him [his heart].傲气在他心中高昂。
- His breast [heart] swelled with indignation.他义愤填膺。
- ⑤ 【口】变神气,自负
- He swelled like a turkey cock.他变得像火鸡一般神气活现。
vt- ① 使膨胀;使涨;使肿;使(帆等)鼓起<out>
- The wind swelled (out) the sails.风使帆鼓起来。
- Heavy rain swelled the rivers.大雨使河水涨高。
- ② 增加(数量等);提高(声音等);使增强
- swell one's costs增加费用
- The baby boom swelled the population to twice its size.婴儿潮使人口增加了两倍。
- The new notes and additions have swollen the size of the book.新的注释及补遗增加了这本书的厚度。
- ③ 【口】使自负,使趾高气扬(★常以过去分词当形容词用)
- ④ (感情)使(心胸)鼓胀
- Pride swelled her heart.骄傲使她得意扬扬。
n- ②[用单数形;常作the swell]1(波浪的)汹涌2(土地的)起伏;隆起部分<of>3(胸部等的)隆起<of>4(声音的)提高
- the swell of the ocean海洋的汹涌
- the swell of her breasts她的胸部的隆起
- ③ 【乐】1[或作a swell](音量的)增减,抑扬2增减记号(<,>)
adj- ① 【美口】1(打扮)入时的,漂亮的;时髦的2一流的,极好的
- You look swell.你看起来挺帅的。
- a swell hotel一流的旅馆
- We had a swell time.我们玩得非常开心。
字辨expand: 为意义最广的用语,指体积、量等的增大;不论是由于内在或外在的力量而扩大,或由于展开而变大,均可使用 extend: 尤指延长、延伸 dilate: 指圆形之物(眼睛、洞等)expand inflate: 指灌入气体等于其中,迫使容积等增大 swell: 指由于内部的压力而变得比平常大 反义词- compressv.压缩
- condensev.浓缩
- contractv.收缩
- decreasev.减少
- diminishv.减少
- fallv.降低
- lessenv.减少
- lowerv.降低
- shrinkv.缩小
- wanev.变弱
词路径- entity
- abstraction
- abstract entity
- psychological feature
- event
- happening
- occurrence
- occurrent
- natural event
- movement
- motion
- wave
- moving ridge
- swell
- crestless wave
上位词- adult male
- crescendo
- elevation
- man
- moving ridge
- natural elevation
- wave
下位词- cockscomb
- coxcomb
- ground swell
- heavy swell
- macaroni
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