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- a large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam巨浪, 浓烟, 翻滚的云团, 气浪。
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- archaic a large sea wave〈古〉巨大的海浪。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- (of fabric) fill with air and swell outwards（衣物）鼓起：
her dress billowed out around her.
她的衣服在身上鼓起来。
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- (of smoke, cloud, or steam) move or flow outward with an undulating motion（烟, 云, 蒸汽）翻腾, 汹涌：
smoke was billowing from the chimney-mouth
烟雾从烟囱口涌出来
as adj. billowing a billowing cloud.翻滚的云团。
派生词
billowy
adjective词源
mid 16th cent.: from Old Norse bylgja.