swell

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n. 增大, 隆起的部分, 巨浪, 肿胀 a. 优秀的, 一流的 vi. 增大, 膨胀, 肿胀, 增强, 骄傲 vt. 使膨胀, 使增大, 使上涨, 使骄傲

发音

其它 /swɛl/

词形变化

swells 复数 swells swell'd swelled swellest swelling swells 三单 swelt swole swollen swelling 现在分词 swelled 过去式 swole 过去式 swoll 过去式 swollen 过去式 swollen 过去分词 swelled 过去分词 sweller 比较级 sweller swellest 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

肿胀;隆起

the roundness or curved shape of something

动词

膨胀;肿胀;隆起

to become larger and rounder than normal – used especially about parts of the body

动词

使膨胀;使隆起

形容词

漂亮的;一流的

very good

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of swelling; increase in size.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A bulge or protuberance.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.

    涌浪

    可数 不可数

    the heave of a heavy ocean swell

  5. 5.

    A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.

    可数 不可数 音乐
  6. 6.

    A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.

    可数 不可数 音乐
  7. 7.

    A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.

    可数 不可数 音乐
  8. 8.

    A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.

    可数 不可数
  9. 9.

    An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.

    可数 不可数 地质
  10. 10.

    A person who is stylish, fancy, or elegant.

    可数 过时 非正式 不可数
  11. 11.

    A person of high social standing; an important person.

    可数 非正式 不可数
  12. 12.

    The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.

    可数 不可数
v. B1
  1. 1.

    To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

    膨胀

    扩大

    隆起

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To cause to become bigger.

    及物

    Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring.

  3. 3.

    To grow gradually in force or loudness.

    不及物

    The organ music swelled.

  4. 4.

    To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.

    及物

    to be swelled with pride or haughtiness

  6. 6.

    To be raised to arrogance.

    不及物
  7. 7.

    To be elated; to rise arrogantly.

  8. 8.

    To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.

    swelling words a swelling style

  9. 9.

    To protuberate; to bulge out.

    A cask swells in the middle.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Fashionable, like a swell or dandy.

    过时
  2. 2.

    Excellent.

    加拿大 美国 过时 俚语

    ...you are my devoted friend too. You do more and work harder and oh shit I'd get maudlin about how damned swell you are. My god I'd like to see you... You're a hell of a good guy.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Very well.

    加拿大 美国 非正式

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词源

From Middle English swelle, from the verb swellen (modern swell).

来源:wiktionary