swells

英 [swelz]

美 [swelz]

v.  膨胀; 肿胀; (使)凸出，鼓出; (使)增加，增大，扩大
swell的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

The forms swelled and swollen are both used as the past participle. swelled 和 swollen 均可用作过去分词。


• V-ERG (使)膨胀;(使)扩大;(使)增加
  If the amount or size of somethingswellsor if somethingswellsit, it becomes larger than it was before.
  1. The human population swelled, at least temporarily, as migrants moved south...
     随着移居者南移,人口出现膨胀，至少是暂时性膨胀。
  2. By the end of this month the size of the mission is expected to swell to 280 people...
     到这个月底，参加该任务的人员规模将有望增至 280 人。
  3. His bank balance has swelled by £222,000 in the last three weeks...
     在过去的 3 周里，他银行的存款多了 222,000 英镑。
  4. Offers from other countries should swell the force to 35,000.
     其他国家的支援将可使兵力增至 35,000 人。
  5. ...the ever-swelling numbers of the homeless...
     无家可归者人数的持续增长
  6. Its population is swollen by 360,000 refugees.
     360,000 名难民使该国人口大增。
• VERB (身体部位)肿胀，膨胀
  If something such as a part of your bodyswells, it becomes larger and rounder than normal.
  1. Do your ankles swell at night?...
     你夜里脚踝肿吗？
  2. The limbs swell to an enormous size.
     四肢肿得不得了。
  3. Swell upmeans the same asswell.
     swell up 同 swell
  4. When you develop a throat infection or catch a cold the glands in the neck swell up.
     当咽喉感染或感冒时，扁桃腺就会肿胀。
• VERB 涌起，充满(某种情感)
  If youswell witha feeling, you are suddenly full of that feeling.
  1. She could see her two sons swell with pride.
     她能看出她的两个儿子充满了骄傲。
• VERB (声音)增强,变响亮
  If soundsswell, they get louder.
  1. Heavenly music swelled from nowhere.
     不知从何处响起天籁般的音乐。
• N-COUNT 浪潮;浪涌
  Aswellis the regular movement of waves up and down in the open sea.
  1. We bobbed gently up and down on the swell of the incoming tide.
     我们随着涨潮的浪涌轻轻地起伏。
• ADJ-GRADED 极好的;了不起的;非常棒的
  You can describe something asswellif you think it is really nice.
  1. I've had a swell time.
     我过得极为开心。
• See also:swellingswollengroundswell

双语例句

• Howled without looking up from the fire: The rolling swells Break in a never-ending roar on the shores.
  他两眼依热望着炉火，咆哮道：奔腾咆哮不息的巨浪拍打着海岸。
• The engine casing swells and distorts, but keeps all the components inside.
  发动机机罩膨胀扭曲，但没有一个零部件飞出来。
• This is art: a sea that swells with the influence of all artists in time.
  这就是艺术：像大海般把不同的文化一直流传，影响著不同年代的艺术家。
• Around the sunny island of Life swells day and night death's limitless song of the sea.
  大海的无限的死亡之歌日夜冲击着阳光灿烂的生命之岛。
• Gum Any substance that swells in water to form a gel or a sticky solution.
  树胶：是所有能够在水中膨胀形成凝胶或粘性溶液的物质的总称。
• Take a raisin and soak it till it swells up.
  拿颗葡萄干浸在水里，直到它胀大为止。
• Large swells, dangerous surf and rip currents were forecast along the East Coast and Bahamas through Friday.
  大膨胀，危险海浪和海流的巴哈马预测裂口沿着东海岸和周五。
• Numerical Simulation of Waves in Bohai Sea and Research on the Influence of Swells on Wind Waves
  渤海海浪的数值模拟和涌浪对风浪影响的研究
• Dey bags swells up and busts.
  那奶袋快胀破了。
• One's emotion swells.
  情绪高涨。