英语词汇“swollen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	swollen
释义	swol·len \ˈswōlən also -ln\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of swellen to swell 1. a. : protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease) : bulging, puffy < elongate in shape, small, flat or swollen, usually with smooth shells — Joyce Allan > < the swollen continuity of curving space — Farley Mowat > < his hands swollen now against the rope that bound them — Kay Boyle > b. : greatly enlarged : filled to overflowing < at this time of year, the swollen Nile overflows its banks for hundreds of miles — C.G.Pepper > 2. a. : charged with emotion < his heart swollen and his neck throbbing with impatience — T.H.Jones > especially : puffed up with pride < so swollen by … victory that he is unfit for all healthy work — G.D.Brown > b. : bombastic, pompous < afraid of modernity, whatever that obscure and swollen word may mean — W.L.Sullivan > c. : abnormally increased or expanded : inflated < take … deflationary measures in dealing with her swollen currency — R.F.Mikesell > < the price was was viewed … as primarily a method of cleaning out swollen inventories — Publishers' Weekly > < the turgid, swollen city, with its acute job shortages — Frances Keene >
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