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

• My arm swelled up where I was stung by a bee.
  我手臂上被蜜蜂螫过处肿了起来。
• Enduring the huge pain, he crawled to a shelter, and sucked the poison from the swelled wound.
  忍受着巨大的痛苦，他爬到一处隐蔽处，从肿胀的伤口中吸出毒汁。
• Scarlett's heart swelled with affection and gratitude to will who had done all of this.
  思嘉明白这一切都要归功于威尔，因而心里充满了殷切的感激之情。
• His heart swelled with pity.
  他的心里充满了爱怜。
• Her cheeks swelled out.
  她的两颊鼓了起来。
• 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。
• My collarbone was fractured and my brain swelled up.
  我的锁骨骨折了，大脑积水肿胀。
• Her ankle swelled up after the fall.
  她跌倒后脚踝肿了。
• 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。
• My knee swelled up after the game against Catania at the weekend, but that was expected.
  在和卡塔尼亚的比赛之后，我的膝盖又肿了起来，那不是我所希望的。