tumefy

v. (使)肿胀, (使)肿大

发音

/ˈt(j)uːmɪfaɪ/

词形变化

tumefied tumefies 三单 tumefies tumefying tumefying 现在分词 tumefied 过去式 tumefied 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cause to swell.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To swell; to rise into a tumour.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

swell intumesce swell up tumesce

上位词 2

swell expand

下位词 10

belly puff blister bloat blow up belly out distend puff out puff up vesicate

词源

From French tuméfier, from Latin tumefaciō, ultimately from tumeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).

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