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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5534 COCA: 4867
swell
swel swɛl
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense swells, present participle swelling, past tense , past participle swelled, past participle swollen
The forms swelled and swollen are both used as the past participle. swelled swollen 均可用作过去分词。
1 V-ERG (使)膨胀;(使)扩大;(使)增加 If the amount or size of something swells or if something swells it, it becomes larger than it was before. (使)膨胀;(使)扩大;(使)增加 [Also VERB n]
  • The human population swelled, at least temporarily, as migrants moved south. [VERB]

    随着移居者南移,人口出现膨胀,至少是暂时性膨胀。

  • By the end of this month the size of the mission is expected to swell to 280 people. [V to/by n]

    到这个月底,参加该任务的人员规模将有望增至 280 人。

  • His bank balance has swelled by £222,000 in the last three weeks. [V + to/by]

    在过去的 3 周里,他银行的存款多了 222,000 英镑。

  • Offers from other countries should swell the force to 35,000. [VERB noun + to]

    其他国家的支援将可使兵力增至 35,000 人。

  • ...the ever-swelling numbers of the homeless. [VERB-ing]

    无家可归者人数的持续增长

  • Its population is swollen by 360,000 refugees. [VERB-ed]

    360,000 名难民使该国人口大增。

SYN increase, rise, grow, mount
2 VERB (身体部位)肿胀,膨胀 If something such as a part of your body swells, it becomes larger and rounder than normal. (身体部位)肿胀,膨胀
  • Do your ankles swell at night?. [VERB]

    你夜里脚踝肿吗?

  • The limbs swell to an enormous size. [VERB + to]

    四肢肿得不得了。

Swell up means the same as swell .swell up swell
  • 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。

3 VERB 涌起,充满(某种情感) If you swell with a feeling, you are suddenly full of that feeling. 涌起,充满(某种情感) [literary]
  • She could see her two sons swell with pride. [VERB + with]

    她能看出她的两个儿子充满了骄傲。

SYN be filled, be full, be overcome, brim
4 VERB (声音)增强,变响亮 If sounds swell, they get louder. (声音)增强,变响亮 [literary]
  • Heavenly music swelled from nowhere. [VERB]

    不知从何处响起天籁般的音乐。

SYN become louder, intensify, amplify, become loud
5 N-COUNT 浪潮;浪涌 A swell is the regular movement of waves up and down in the open sea. 浪潮;浪涌
  • 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。

6 ADJ-GRADED 极好的;了不起的;非常棒的 You can describe something as swell if you think it is really nice. 极好的;了不起的;非常棒的 [US, informal]
  • I've had a swell time.

    我过得极为开心。

7 See also: swelling  swollen  groundswell 
Phrasal verbs:
swell up
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5534 COCA: 4867
swell

noun¹

1movement of the surface of the sea海面起伏ADJECTIVE | SWELL + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEheavy猛烈的浪湧gentle, slight溫和的/微小的波浪10-foot, 20-foot, etc. * 10 英尺、20 英尺等的大浪Atlantic, ocean大西洋上的/海洋上的浪濤The ship was bobbing up and down like a small boat in a heavy ocean swell.輪船在洶湧的海浪中像一葉小舟上下顛簸。SWELL + VERBbreak, come in, roll in, surge up波浪衝擊/湧來/滾滾而來/洶湧澎湃The Atlantic swell surged up under them.大西洋的浪濤在他們下面滾滾湧起。PREPOSITIONin a/the swell在大浪中The trawler rolled wildly in the heavy swell.拖網漁船在大浪中猛烈晃動。on the swell在浪峰上with the swell隨着海浪The boat rose and fell with the swell.船隨着浪濤起伏跌宕。
swell

noun²

2curve in sth曲線ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEgentle, soft平緩的/柔和的曲線PREPOSITIONswell of⋯的曲線the gentle swell of her breasts她胸部柔和的曲線
swell

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBbadly腫得厲害His sprained ankle had swollen badly.他扭傷的腳踝腫得厲害。slightly稍微有些腫up腫起來Her feet swelled up after the long walk to the top of the hill.她經過長途跋涉到達山頂後,腳腫了起來。PREPOSITIONto腫脹到⋯My fingers and thumbs swelled to grotesque proportions.我的手指和大拇指腫得嚇人。with由於⋯腫脹Her legs had swollen with the heat.她的雙腿因受熱腫了起來。PHRASESswell shut腫得閉上His right eye had almost swollen shut.他的右眼腫得幾乎睜不開。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5534 COCA: 4867
swell noun
wave1
swell

verb

swell ♦︎ inflate ♦︎ blow sth up ♦︎ bloatThese words all mean to become or make sth bigger, especially by filling it with sth. 这些词均表示膨胀或使某物膨胀。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配to swell / inflate sth with sthto inflate / blow up a balloon / tyre swell (swelled, swollen or swelled, swelled) [intransitive, transitive] to become bigger or rounder; to curve or make sth curve outwards 膨胀;肿胀;凸出;鼓起;使鼓起Her arm was beginning to swell up where the bee had stung her.她胳膊上被蜜蜂蜇的地方开始肿了起来。Cook the lentils for 20 minutes until they swell and soften.把小扁豆煮20分钟,煮到膨胀变软为止。If the rain continues the river could swell and burst its banks.如果雨还是不停,河水就会上涨并冲垮堤岸。The wind swelled the sails.风把帆吹鼓了起来。 see also swelling tumour inflate ɪnˈfleɪt [transitive, intransitive] (rather formal, especially written) to fill sth or become filled with air or gas 给⋯充气;充气Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.猛拽绳扣,给你的救生衣充气。The dinghy was in the water, fully inflated.橡皮艇已充好气放入水中。The life jacket failed to inflate.救生衣未能充气。 inflatable

adjective

an inflatable dinghy / mattress充气橡皮艇/垫子
ˌblow sth ˈup

phrasal verb

(blew, blown) (rather informal, especially spoken) to fill sth with air or gas so that it becomes firm 给(某物)充气Can you help me blow up these balloons?您能帮我给这些气球充气吗?NOTE 辨析 Inflate or blow sth up? Inflate is more formal than blow sth up; it can also be used without an object. 与blow sth up相比,inflate更正式。inflate也可不带宾语The life jacket failed to blow up.
bloat [transitive, often passive] to swell or make sth swell, especially in an unpleasant way 膨胀;肿胀;使肿胀Her features had been bloated by years of drinking and drug-taking.她多年酗酒吸毒,已经变得面部浮肿。Bloat is used especially about parts of the body. * bloat尤用于修饰身体部位。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5534 COCA: 4867
swell
To become larger: grow, expand, swell...
To make something larger: enlarge, maximize, scale up...
What sound can do and changing sounds: amplify, reverberate, fade...
To feel an emotion: feel, experience, give up to...
Tides and waves: backwash, billow, breaker...
Rounded and circular shapes: ball, balloon, band...
Very good: cushdy, great, select...

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