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单词 tumescent
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tu•mes•cent  (to̅o̅ mes′ənt, tyo̅o̅-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Pathologyswelling;
    slightly tumid.
  2. exhibiting or affected with many ideas or emotions;
    teeming.
  3. pompous and pretentious, esp. in the use of language;
    bombastic.
  • Latin tumēscent- (stem of tumēscēns, present participle of tumēscere to begin to swell), equivalent. to tum(ēre) to swell + -ēscent- -escent
  • 1880–85
tu•mes′cence, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tumescent /tjuːˈmɛsənt/ adj
  1. swollen or becoming swollen
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin tumescere to begin to swell, from tumēre

tuˈmescence n
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