单词	billow
释义	billow1 verbbillow2 noun billowbil‧low1 /ˈbɪləʊ $ -loʊ/ verb [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE billow Simple Form Present it billows Present billow Past it, they billowed Present perfect they have billowed it has billowed Past perfect it, they had billowed Future it, they will billow Future perfect it, they will have billowed Continuous Form Present they are billowing it is billowing Past they were billowing it was billowing Present perfect they have been billowing it has been billowing Past perfect it, they had been billowing Future it, they will be billowing Future perfect it, they will have been billowing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Smoke billowed out of the chimney. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Car parks, stuffed with cars, seem to billow up in places like fabric, as the wind catches them underneath. Clouds of smoke billowed out so the teams crouched down to avoid inhaling the poisonous fumes. Plumes of radioactive smoke were billowing around the helicopter. She laughed and spun around and gave me a look of her yellow leg when the skirt billowed out. The cuffs of his gray trousers billow. The screens were around the bed and the draught from the door set them billowing like sails. Thick smoke billowed up a narrow staircase and smothered the sleeping youngsters in their second-floor bedroom. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a billow of smoke (=a large amount of smoke from a fire)· The green, fresh leaves will burn slowly, with billows of smoke. ► smoke billows (=large amounts come from a fire)· She noticed smoke billowing out of one of the bedrooms. 1 (also billow out) if something made of cloth billows, it moves in the wind:  Her long skirt billowed in the breeze.2if a cloud or smoke billows, it rises in a round massbillow out of/up etc There was smoke billowing out of the windows. billow1 verbbillow2 noun billowbillow2 noun [countable usually plural] Word Origin WORD ORIGINbillow2 Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from Old Norse bylgja Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A farmer was burning straw, the yellow billows of smoke spiralling lazily upward. In grey billows, it rolled into nothing, into the mist which was already descending. In order to stop it going out he drew hard on it and exhaled billows of smoke into the car. The kids and Bill exhale billows of steam as they stand around; resting up for the next charge through the brush. Their fingers skim on the silk as the unwieldy billows of parachute flatten like sea-waves, oiled, folded in sevens. Then she disappeared beneath the billows. word sets WORD SETS► Nature backwater, nounbank, nounbank, verbbare, adjectivebarrier reef, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbeck, nounbelt, nounbillow, nounbiting, adjectivebitter, adjectiveblack ice, nounblast, nounblazing, adjectivebleach, verbblizzard, nounblow, verbblowy, adjectivebluff, nounbluster, verbblustery, adjectivebog, nounboiling, adjectiveboulder, nounbracing, adjectivebreaker, nounbreeze, nounbreezy, adjectivebrook, nounbrush, nounbrushwood, nounburn, nounbutte, nouncanyon, nouncascade, nouncataract, nouncave, nouncavern, nounchange, verbchasm, nounchoppy, adjectiveclap, nounclear, verbclement, adjectivecliff, nouncloud, nouncloudburst, nouncloudy, adjectivecoast, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncone, nouncopse, nouncountry, nouncranny, nouncrater, nouncreation, nouncreep, verbcrisp, adjectivecrosswind, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundale, noundell, noundense, adjectivedew, noundewdrop, noundewfall, noundewy, adjectivedisgorge, verbdog days, noundownpour, noundownriver, adverbdownstream, adverbdownwind, adverbdrift, verbdrift, noundriftwood, noundrizzle, noundrop, verbdrop, noundrought, noundry, adjectivedry land, noundull, adjectivedune, nounduster, noundust storm, nouneast, adjectiveeddy, nounelectrical storm, nounequable, adjectiveeye, nounface, nounfail, verbfair, adjectivefall, nounfell, nounfen, nounfield, nounfierce, adjectivefiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood, verbflood, nounflood tide, nounflotsam, nounflow, nounflow, verbflower, nounflurry, nounfog, nounfogbound, adjectivefoggy, adjectivefoothill, nounfoothold, nounford, nounforeshore, nounforest, nounfoul, adjectivefreak, adjectivefreeze, nounfresh, adjectivefreshen, verbfreshwater, adjectivefrost, nounfury, noungale, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungentle, adjectivegeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglen, noungnarled, adjectivegrassy, adjectivegreen, adjectivegreenery, nounground, nounground level, noungulley, noungully, noungust, noungust, verbgusty, adjectivehail, nounhailstone, nounhailstorm, nounhaze, nounheadwind, nounheath, nounheather, nounheat wave, nounhigh tide, nounhigh water, nounhill, nounhillock, nounhillside, nounhill station, nounhilly, adjectivehoarfrost, nounhot spring, nounhummock, nounhurricane, nounice, nouniceberg, nounice cap, nouninclement, adjectiveincline, nounIndian summer, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninshore, adverbisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounjetsam, nounjungle, nounknoll, nounlake, nounlakeside, adjectiveledge, nounlightning, nounlip, nounloch, nounlough, nounlow tide, nounlow water, nounmarshland, nounmeadow, nounmere, nounmild, adjectivemillpond, nounmire, nounmist, nounmisty, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmonsoon, nounmoonless, adjectivemoor, nounmoorland, nounMother Nature, nounmound, nounmountain, nounmountainous, adjectivemountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudflat, nounmull, nounmurmur, verbmurmur, nounnarrows, nounnestle, verbnew moon, nounnook, nounnorth, adjectivenortheast, adjectivenortheaster, nounnortheasterly, adjectivenortherly, adjectivenorthwest, adjectivenorthwester, nounnorthwesterly, adjectivenotch, nounoasis, nounonshore, adjectiveooze, nounoutcrop, nounovercast, adjectiveozone, nounpack ice, nounpalisade, nounpanorama, nounparch, verbparched, adjectivepass, nounpatchy, adjectivepeak, nounpeal, nounpeasouper, nounpebble, nounpelt, verbpenumbra, nounperishing, adjectivepinewood, nounpinnacle, nounpitiless, adjectivepond, nounpour, verbprecipice, nounprospect, nounpuddle, nounquicksand, nounradiate, verbraging, adjectiverain, nounrainbow, nounrain drop, nounrainfall, nounrainstorm, nounrainwater, nounrainy, adjectiverange, nounrapids, nounrarefied, adjectiveravine, nounraw, adjectiverecede, verbreedy, adjectivereef, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrime, nounrise, verbrise, nounrock, nounrocky, adjectiveroll, verbrolling, adjectiverough, adjectiverural, adjectivescenery, nounscud, verbsea breeze, nounsea mist, nounset, verbshore, nounsky, nounslope, nounsludge, nounsnow, nounsnowbound, adjectivesnow-capped, adjectivesnowdrift, nounsnowfall, nounsnowflake, nounsnowstorm, nounsnowy, adjectivesouth, adjectivesoutheast, adjectivesoutheaster, nounsoutheasterly, adjectivesoutherly, adjectivesouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivespinney, nounspring, nounstream, nounsullen, adjectivesultry, adjectivesummer, nounsummit, nounsun, nounsundown, nounsun-drenched, adjectivesunrise, nounsunset, nounsunshine, nounswamp, nounsweep, verbswollen, adjectivetempestuous, adjectivethaw, verbthaw, nounthicket, nounthin, adjectivethunder, verbthunderbolt, nounthunderstorm, nounthundery, adjectivetide, nountreeless, adjectivetree-lined, adjectivetrough, nounturf, nountussock, nountwilight, nounvale, nounvalley, nounverdant, adjectivevisibility, nounvoid, nounwashout, nounwater, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterside, nounwaterspout, nounwax, verbwest, adjectivewest, adverbwestbound, adjectivewesterly, adjectivewesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwet, adjectivewhirlpool, nounwhirlwind, nounwhite horses, nounwhitewater, nounwild, adjectivewill o' the wisp, nounwind, nounwindstorm, nounwindswept, adjectivewindy, adjectivewood, nounwooded, adjectivewoodland, nounwoodsy, adjectivewoody, adjectivezephyr, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a billow of smoke (=a large amount of smoke from a fire)· The green, fresh leaves will burn slowly, with billows of smoke. ► smoke billows (=large amounts come from a fire)· She noticed smoke billowing out of one of the bedrooms. 1a moving cloud or mass of something such as smoke or cloth2literary a wave, especially a very large one
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