swelled

英 [sweld]

美 [sweld]

v.  膨胀; 肿胀; (使)凸出，鼓出; (使)增加，增大，扩大
swell的过去分词和过去式

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

英英释义

adj

• feeling self-importance
  1. too big for his britches
  2. had a swelled head
  3. he was swelled with pride
  Synonym:bigvainglorious

双语例句

• And a swift bee stung his hand and it swelled up.
  并且一只敏捷的蜜蜂叮了他手一口。他的手肿胀起来。
• Her ankle swelled up after the fall.
  她跌倒后脚踝肿了。
• The sense of triumph and renewed possession swelled within him.
  胜利和重新占有的感觉又在他心里涌起了。
• 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。
• The breeze swelled out his light clothes.
  微风鼓起了他那轻薄的衣衫。
• The lining of his SPI armor swelled, taking on water, weighing him down.
  SPI盔甲的内衬层膨胀了，吸饱了水，把他向下坠。
• My face swelled up because of an inflammation of a wisdom tooth.
  我的脸因一颗智齿发炎而肿了起来。
• Heavenly music swelled from nowhere.
  不知从何处响起天籁般的音乐。
• Every little pine needle expanded and swelled with sympathy and befriended me.
  每一支小小松针都富于同情心地胀大起来，成了我的朋友。
• His finger has swelled up.
  他的食指肿起来了。