billow

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n. 巨浪 vi. 象巨浪般汹涌, 象巨浪般波动 vt. 使翻腾

发音

CA /ˈbɪloʊ/
US /ˈbɪloʊ/
其它 /ˈbɪləʊ/
UK /ˈbɪləʊ/
AU /ˈbɪləʉ/
IN /bɪl(ː)o/

词形变化

billows 复数 billows billowed billoweth billowing billows 三单 billowing 现在分词 billowed 过去式 billowed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

巨浪

动词

使翻腾

动词

翻腾

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound

    巨浪

v.
  1. 1.

    To surge or roll in billows.

  2. 2.

    To swell out or bulge.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

surge

上位词 1

wave
动词

同义词 5

balloon surge heave wallow inflate

上位词 10

go move travel expand zoom surge soar inflate blow up locomote

下位词 2

cloud reflate

相关短语

billow maidens billow maiden

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *belganą Proto-Germanic *bulgijō Old Norse bylgjabor. Middle English *bilwe English billow From Middle English *bilwe, borrowed from Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō. Cognates include Danish bølge (“wave”); Norwegian Bokmål bølge (“wave”), Norwegian Nynorsk bylgje (“wave”); Swedish bölja (“wave”); German Low German Bulge, Bulg, Bülg (“billow, wave”); German Bulge (“billow, wave”). Compare bellow, bawl.

来源：wiktionary