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- a rounded swelling or protuberance which distorts a flat surface凸出部分。
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- (especially a military context) a piece of land which projects outwards from an otherwise regular line（尤用于军事场合）突出部：
the advance created an eastward-facing bulge in the line.
部队挺进使战线的一部分形成向东的突出部。
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- in sing. informal a temporary unusual increase in number or size〈非正式〉（数字或尺寸的）突增：
a bulge in the birth rate.
出生率骤增。
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- N. Amer. informal an advantage in the scoreline〈北美, 非正式〉比分优势：
the Suns moved to a 61:39 bulge at half-time.
太阳队在半场时取得了61:39的比分优势。
no obj.
1- swell or protrude to an unnatural or incongruous extent肿大; 凸出：
the veins in his neck bulged
他脖子上的青筋鼓了起来
as adj. bulging he stared with bulging eyes.他瞪着鼓鼓的眼睛看着。
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- be full of and distended with充满：
a briefcase bulging with documents.
被文件塞得鼓鼓囊囊的公文包。
派生词
bulgingly
adverbbulgy
adjective词源
Middle English: from Old French boulge, from Latin bulga （see BUDGET）. The original meaning was 'wallet or bag'， later 'a ship's bilge' （early 17th cent.）; other senses presumably derived from association with the shape of a full bag.