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

• This strip is composed of an intumescent material which swells when subjected to fire.
  这种狭条是用受到燃烧时发生膨胀的热胀材料组成的。
• This is art: a sea that swells with the influence of all artists in time.
  这就是艺术：像大海般把不同的文化一直流传，影响著不同年代的艺术家。
• Gum Any substance that swells in water to form a gel or a sticky solution.
  树胶：是所有能够在水中膨胀形成凝胶或粘性溶液的物质的总称。
• By dawn, the weather had calmed and cleared, but the ship still rolled in heavy swells.
  到天亮的时候，天气已经晴朗，风暴也已停止，但是这条船仍在汹涌的波涛中翻滚。
• Wood swells in water.
  木遇水膨胀。
• Around the sunny island of Life swells day and night death's limitless song of the sea.
  大海的无限的死亡之歌日夜冲击着阳光灿烂的生命之岛。
• She often get stung by bees or scorpions in the mouth, which then swells.
  它的嘴往往被蜂儿或蝎子螫的肿起来。
• 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。
• In Mexico, they camped on the beach and surfed the big Pacific swells.
  在墨西哥，他们在沙滩上露营，在太平洋的大海潮里冲浪。
• 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。