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单词 swell
释义
swell
swel swɛl
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense swells, present participle swelling, past tense , past participle swelled, past participle swollen
The forms swelled and swollen are both used as the past participle. swelled swollen 均可用作过去分词。
1 V-ERG (使)膨胀;(使)扩大;(使)增加 If the amount or size of something swells or if something swells it, it becomes larger than it was before. (使)膨胀;(使)扩大;(使)增加 [Also VERB n]
  • The human population swelled, at least temporarily, as migrants moved south. [VERB]

    随着移居者南移,人口出现膨胀,至少是暂时性膨胀。

  • By the end of this month the size of the mission is expected to swell to 280 people. [V to/by n]

    到这个月底,参加该任务的人员规模将有望增至 280 人。

  • His bank balance has swelled by £222,000 in the last three weeks. [V + to/by]

    在过去的 3 周里,他银行的存款多了 222,000 英镑。

  • Offers from other countries should swell the force to 35,000. [VERB noun + to]

    其他国家的支援将可使兵力增至 35,000 人。

  • ...the ever-swelling numbers of the homeless. [VERB-ing]

    无家可归者人数的持续增长

  • Its population is swollen by 360,000 refugees. [VERB-ed]

    360,000 名难民使该国人口大增。

SYN increase, rise, grow, mount
2 VERB (身体部位)肿胀,膨胀 If something such as a part of your body swells, it becomes larger and rounder than normal. (身体部位)肿胀,膨胀
  • Do your ankles swell at night?. [VERB]

    你夜里脚踝肿吗?

  • The limbs swell to an enormous size. [VERB + to]

    四肢肿得不得了。

SYN expand, increase, grow, rise
Swell up means the same as swell .swell up swell
  • 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。

3 VERB 涌起,充满(某种情感) If you swell with a feeling, you are suddenly full of that feeling. 涌起,充满(某种情感) [literary]
  • She could see her two sons swell with pride. [VERB + with]

    她能看出她的两个儿子充满了骄傲。

SYN be filled, be full, be overcome, brim
4 VERB (声音)增强,变响亮 If sounds swell, they get louder. (声音)增强,变响亮 [literary]
  • Heavenly music swelled from nowhere. [VERB]

    不知从何处响起天籁般的音乐。

SYN become louder, intensify, amplify, become loud
5 N-COUNT 浪潮;浪涌 A swell is the regular movement of waves up and down in the open sea. 浪潮;浪涌
  • 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。

SYN wave, rise, surge, billow
6 ADJ-GRADED 极好的;了不起的;非常棒的 You can describe something as swell if you think it is really nice. 极好的;了不起的;非常棒的 [US, informal]
  • I've had a swell time.

    我过得极为开心。

SYN wonderful, excellent, superb, marvellous
7 See also: swelling  swollen  groundswell 
Phrasal verbs:
swell up
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