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

• It swells into movement again.
  终于激情又化作了行动。
• As more blood is forced in, the tiny cavern swells.
  当更多的血挤进来时，微小的蓄水池就胀大。
• Emotion swells and subsides.
  情绪忽高忽低。
• But there are risks, too: as its allure and self-confidence swells, Silicon Valley might repeat some of the political and social mistakes that created the Wall Street boom and bust.
  但这样也有风险，硅谷随着魅力和自信增加，可能会重复一些政治和社会上的错误，这些错误曾导致华尔街由盛转衰。
• A tire swells as it is filled with air.
  轮胎充气时就膨胀。
• Wood swells in water.
  木遇水膨胀。
• The waters were heaving up in great swells. The river level rose after the rain.
  雨后河里的水面升高了。
• When you see the storm swells forming as you look out across the water, you can prepare.
  当你看到风暴正在水面上形成时，你可以为此而准备。
• And the same time, it can control the rat's foot swells with egg pure and the ear swells with dimethylbenzene, it has anti-inflammatory effect.
  能明显抑制蛋清所致大鼠足肿胀和二甲苯所致小鼠耳肿胀，具有抗炎作用。
• 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