intumesce

英 [ˌɪntjuː'mes] 美 [ˌɪntjuː'mes]

• vi. 膨胀；沸腾

英英释义

Verb:

1. move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically;

   "Gases bubbled up from the earth"
   "Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America"
   

2. expand abnormally;

   "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• swell up 膨胀
• swell （使）膨胀
• tumefy （使）肿起
• tumesce (使)肿胀