swell
swell 英 [swel] 美 [swɛl]
v. 膨胀；肿胀；隆起 n. 肿胀；隆起
进行时:swelling 过去式:swelled 过去分词:swollen 第三人称单数:swells 名词复数:swells
- To swell is to expand or grow larger. If your brother's face started to swell after he ate lobster for the first time, you'd probably guess that he's allergic to shellfish.
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- v. 膨胀；肿胀；隆起
- n. 肿胀；隆起
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1. Last year's profits were swelled by a fall in production costs.
去年因生产成本下降，利润有所增加。
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2. Her arm was beginning to swell up where the bee had stung her.
她胳膊给蜜蜂蜇了，肿了起来。
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3. The sails swelled out in the wind.
船帆鼓满了风。
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4. The wind swelled out the sails.
风鼓起了帆。
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5. Membership has swelled to over 20 000.
成员增加到 2 万余人。
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6. The cheering swelled through the hall.
欢呼声越来越大，响彻大厅。
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7. a growing swell of support
越来越多的支持
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8. a swell of pride
自豪感的增强
- swell (adj.) "fashionably dressed or equipped," 1810, from swell (n.) in the "stylish person" sense. As "good, excellent," by 1897; as a stand-alone expression of satisfaction it is recorded from 1930 in American English.
- swell (n.) c. 1200, "a morbid swelling," from swell (v.). In reference to a rise of the sea, it is attested from c. 1600; of music, by 1803. The meaning "wealthy, elegant person" is first recorded 1786, connected to the now-obsolete sense "pompousness, arrogance" (1724), both from the notion of "puffed-up" demeanor or behavior.
- swell (v.) Old English swellan "grow or make bigger" (past tense sweall, past participle swollen), from Proto-Germanic *swelnan (source also of Old Saxon swellan, Old Norse svella, Old Frisian swella, Middle Dutch swellen, Dutch zwellen, Old High German swellan, German schwellen), of unknown origin. Of emotions from late 14c., of music from 1749. Related: swelled; swollen; swelling.
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