swell

英 [swel] 美 [swel]

• v. （使）膨胀；（使）鼓起；（使）增长
• n. 增大；膨胀；肿胀；汹涌
• adj. <口>很棒的；时髦的；一流的

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)增大; 膨胀

   (cause to) become greater in volume, thickness or force

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 膨胀
2. 肿大，肿起，肿胀
3. 隆起，鼓起
4. （河水等）上涨
5. 骄傲自负，趾高气扬
6. （情绪）高涨，增长
7. （声音、音调等）增强
8. 增大，增加，增多 ，提高，变大，壮大，扩大
9. 使膨胀
10. 使肿胀，使肿大
11. 使鼓起，使隆起
12. 使增长，使壮大
13. 使骄傲自大，使自负，使自大，使趾高气扬，使得意扬扬
14. 使（河水等）上涨
15. 使（情绪）高涨，使（心里）充满
16. 【音】使增强

n. 名词

1. 增大
2. 肿胀，肿大
3. 隆起
4. 增强，加强
5. 增加，增大
6. 汹涌，浪涛汹涌
7. 风头人物
8. 鼓包，隆起部分，凸起的形状
9. <口>衣着时髦的人
10. 强大
11. 情绪高涨
12. 【地】海涌
13. 【音】渐强到渐弱

adj. 形容词

1. <俚>服装时髦的，漂亮的
2. 风头健的
3. <口>很棒的，一流的，非常好，了不起的，优秀的
4. 高超的，高级的
5. 象样的，极讲究的
6. 很愉快的
7. 极有趣的

adv. 副词

1. 极好地，一流地

英英释义

Noun:

1. the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

2. a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

3. a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

4. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

Adjective:

1. very good;

   "he did a bully job"
   "a neat sports car"
   "had a great time at the party"
   "you look simply smashing"
   

Verb:

1. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity;

   "The music swelled to a crescendo"
   

2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger;

   "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
   

3. expand abnormally;

   "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
   

4. come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things);

   "Strong emotions welled up"
   "Smoke swelled from it"
   

5. come up, as of a liquid;

   "Tears well in her eyes"
   "the currents well up"
   

6. cause to become swollen;

   "The water swells the wood"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The hills swell gradually up from the plain.
   山丘逐渐由平原膨胀起来。
2. Tom had a fall and his under lip began to swell up.
   汤姆跌了一跤，下唇开始肿起。
3. The budget deficit could swell further over the next few years.
   未来几年内财政赤字可能会有更多增长。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The groups change more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath.
   人群的变化越来越快，忽而随着新来的客人而增大，忽而分散后又立即重新组合。
2. There was a swell in the city's population.
   该市出现过人口膨胀。
3. He wondered how comehe grew a swell on the head.
   他不知道为什么头上会长出一个瘤。
4. And again we were wallowing in the swell.
   而我们又在摇摆颠簸中晃来晃去。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The insect's bite made her finger swell.
   虫子咬了她的手指,手指就肿了。
2. The injured ankle began to swell.
   受伤的脚踝开始肿了。
3. His eye swelled painfully after the blow.
   挨打后他的一只眼睛肿了起来,非常疼痛。
4. Wood often swells when wet.
   木材浸湿后会膨胀。
5. A barrel swells in the middle.
   水桶中部隆起。
6. His fortune has swollen during the war.
   他的财产在战争期间大为增加。
7. After the heavy rain the river swelled.
   大雨过后,河水猛涨。
8. His anger swelled when he heard it.
   他一听说这个就怒火上升。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The infection swelled his hand.
   感染使他的手肿了起来。
2. The wind swelled the sails.
   风鼓起了船帆。
3. These small items help to swell the total.
   这些小项目使总额增加了。
4. The newly-arrived refugees swelled the ranks of the unemployed in the big city.
   新到的难民扩大了这座大城市失业者的队伍。
5. He asked them to come to the meeting to swell the numbers.
   他要求他们参加会议以增加出席人数。
6. He took a job to swell his pockets.
   他找了份工作想多挣点钱。
7. The heavy rain swelled the river.
   大雨使河水上涨。
8. Pride swelled her heart.
   她骄傲自大。
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9. Both his legs were badly swollen.
   他的两条腿都肿得很厉害。
10. The river is swollen by rain.
    雨水使河水上涨。

经典引文

• The oily swells..surged in from the mouth of the bay.

  出自： D. Bagley

• The ship was rolling slightly..in the long placid swell.

  出自： G. Santayana

• The Major..swelling every already swollen vein in his head.

  出自： Dickens

• A substance softening or swelling up in water.

  出自： A. Henfrey

• His rounded belly made his white shirt..swell out.

  出自： E. Langley

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

swell out (v.+adv.)

(使)膨胀〔肿起〕 (cause to) become bigger, as with air, liquid, etc.
swell out
Her cheeks swelled out.

她的两颊鼓了起来。
The sails swelled out in the wind.

船帆迎风鼓起。 swell sth ⇔ out
The bird swelled out its chest to attract the attention of the female.

那鸟儿把胸脯鼓起来吸引雌鸟。
He swelled out his chest with pride.

他挺胸凸肚,神气活现。

swell up (v.+adv.)

感到自豪 become filled with prideHis heart swelled up when he learned that he had won the prize.当他知道他已获奖时,心里很自豪。

swell with (v.+prep.)

出…以增加… make (a collection of money) bigger by giving (money)
swell with sth
Your feet often swell with the heat in the afternoon.

下午气温一高,你的脚常常会肿起来。
Her face swelled with the toothache.

她的脸由于牙疼而肿了起来。
The river has swollen with melted snow.

雪融河涨。 swell sth with sth
Birds swell their feathers with air in order to keep warm.

鸟类的羽毛能凭空气扎煞起来以保暖。
Her eyes were swollen with tears.

她的眼睛哭肿了。 swell with sth
Her heart swelled with grief.

她内心充满了悲痛。
His breast swelled with emotion.

他满怀激情。
Don't swell with pride when you make some contribution.

有了贡献不要沾沾自喜。 swell sth with sth
Our neighbour has most generously swelled the collection with a gift of ￡25.

我们的邻居真慷慨,拿出25英镑加在捐款里。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• swell chest 鼓起胸膛
• swell finger 手指肿了起来
• swell hand 手肿了起来
• swell leg 腿肿了起来
• swell number 增加人数
• swell river 河水涨了起来
• swell troop 扩大队伍

～+副词

• swell abnormally 反常地膨胀
• swell badly 肿得很厉害
• swell gradually 慢慢地增长
• swell hideously 肿得可怕
• swell powerfully 强有力地增大
• swell out 使膨胀,使胀大
• swell out the sails (风)把帆吹得鼓了起来
• swell up 发肿,膨胀,(河水)上涨

～+介词

• swell by 因…而膨胀
• swell with 由于…而膨胀〔高涨〕
• swell with pride 沾沾自喜,骄傲自大

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. swell的基本意思是“增大,膨胀”,指由于受外力的作用使物体在原有的基础上变大或处于增大的状态,或指由于疼痛、哭泣等原因而使身体的某一部位肿大或处于肿大的状态。也可用于硬度或力量的增强,含有“快要涨破了”的意味。引申还可指“河水上涨”或“人群扩大”。
2. swell可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
3. swell的过去式是swelled,过去分词是swollen或swelled。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

swell, dilate, distend, expand, inflate

• 这组词都有“增大,扩大”的意思。其区别是：
• expand指体积、数量的增大,可指展开、打开、散播开,而使其扩大的因素既可以是内在的,也可以是来自外界的外力; swell是指由于受到内部力量的作用而在体积和容积方面增大,也可指数目或程度的增长,质量的提高,或曲面向上隆起,常表示“不正常的增大”; distend指在内部力量的压迫下向各个方向扩张或膨胀,暗示原来就处于完全空虚或松弛状态; inflate指用人工方法使某物膨胀起来; dilate强调直径的增大。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的swellan，意为膨胀。

近反义词

【近义词】

• increase 增加
• billow 巨浪
• surge 汹涌
• puff up 肿起
• expand 使 ... 膨胀
• great 很好的
• add to 增加
• undulation 波动
• wave 波浪
• breaker 浪花
• roller 滚筒
• brilliant 卓越的
• enlarge 扩大
• super 超级的
• stretch 伸展
• fantastic 极好的
• wonderful 精彩的
• inflate 使膨胀
• broaden 变宽
• bulge 膨胀
• magnify 放大
• amplify 扩大
• good 好的
• sea 海
• distend 扩大
• aggrandize 增加
• abound 富于
• balloon 气球
• bloat 使肿胀
• heave 用力举起
• knob 旋钮
• mound 土墩
• inflame 激怒
• pump 泵
• boom 繁荣
• wax 蜡
• grow 增加
• bigger 更大的
• gain 获得
• dandy <口>极好的
• corking 极好的
• nifty 小巧的
• bully 欺凌弱小者
• clotheshorse 晒衣架
• bang-up <俚>一流的
• cracking 分裂
• keen 敏锐的
• well up (眼泪等)涌上...
• gallant 英勇的
• fashion plate 时装样片, 穿着时髦的人...
• not bad 不坏
• peachy 桃似的
• beau 男朋友
• smashing 了不起的
• dude 花花公子
• intumesce 膨胀
• fop (喜好精致服装的)花花公...
• tumefy （使）肿起
• tumesce (使)肿胀
• neat 整洁的
• groovy <俚> 绝妙的
• slap-up (尤指饭菜)高档的...
• sheik (阿拉伯人的)酋长...
• well 很好地
• swell up 膨胀

【反义词】

• shrink 收缩

派生词

v.(动词)

• swelling n. 身上的肿胀处