| 单词 | swell |
| 释义 | swell (swel ) Word forms: swells , swelling , swelled , swollen language note: The forms swelled and swollen are both used as the past participle. 1. verb If the amount or size of something swells or if something swells it, it becomes larger than it was before. The human population swelled, at least temporarily, as migrants moved south. [VERB] By the end of this month the size of the mission is expected to swell to 280 people. [V to/by n] His bank balance has swelled by £222,000 in the last three weeks. [V + to/by] Offers from other countries should swell the force to 35,000. [VERB noun + to] ...the ever-swelling numbers of the homeless. [VERB-ing] Its population is swollen by 360,000 refugees. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: increase, rise, grow, mount 2. verb If something such as a part of your body swells, it becomes larger and rounder than normal. Do your ankles swell at night? [VERB] The limbs swell to an enormous size. [VERB + to] Synonyms: expand, increase, grow, rise Swell up means the same as swell. When you develop a throat infection or catch a cold the glands in the neck swell up. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. verb If you swell with a feeling, you are suddenly full of that feeling. [literary] She could see her two sons swell with pride. [VERB + with] Synonyms: be filled, be full, be overcome, brim 4. verb If sounds swell, they get louder. [literary] Heavenly music swelled from nowhere. [VERB] Synonyms: become louder, intensify, amplify, become loud 5. countable noun A swell is the regular movement of waves up and down in the open sea. We bobbed gently up and down on the swell of the incoming tide. Synonyms: wave, rise, surge, billow 6. adjective You can describe something as swell if you think it is really nice. [US, informal] I've had a swell time. Synonyms: wonderful, excellent, superb, marvellous 7. See also swelling, swollen, groundswell Phrasal verbs: swell up swell [sense 2] Collocations: music swells We have moments, bursts of light, when the music swells. Times, Sunday Times Yet they are easy to forget as the music swells and the dancing swirls. Times, Sunday Times Occasionally, whenever the recorded music swells, they suddenly slip into rough, jerky, but lyrically expansive unison. Times, Sunday Times As they emerge from their trench, the music swells, the colours fade and the actors move in slow motion. Times, Sunday Times As music swells, soldiers wave and cheer. The Times Literary Supplement But the sea swell rapidly grew so strong that the refuelling operation had to be abandoned. Times, Sunday Times Heavy watering after the compost has dried out causes the fruits to swell rapidly and the skins to split open. Times, Sunday Times Each year, the lashing rains of the northeast monsoon cause the river to swell rapidly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With 46 winners already from a stable strength that has swelled rapidly to 100, this has been a notable second season for the trainer. Times, Sunday Times The movement swelled rapidly, spreading from one social network to the next. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 增大 Japanese: 大きくする/大きくなる |
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