单词 | billow |
释义 | bil·low ![]() n. 1. A large wave or swell of water. 2. A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound. v. bil·lowed, bil·low·ing, bil·lows v.intr. 1. To surge or roll in billows. 2. To swell out or bulge: sheets billowing in the breeze. v.tr. To cause to billow: wind that billowed the sails. [From Old Norse bylgja, a wave; see bhelgh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] billow·i·ness n. billow·y adj. |
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