The forms swelled and swollen are both used as the past participle. swelled 和 swollen 均可用作过去分词。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)膨胀;(使)扩大;(使)增加 If the amount or size of something
swells or if something
swells it, it becomes larger than it was before.
[V]
[V to/by n]
[V n to n]
[V-ing]
[V-ed]
[Also V n]
The human population swelled, at least temporarily, as migrants moved south...
随着移居者南移,人口出现膨胀,至少是暂时性膨胀。
By the end of this month the size of the mission is expected to swell to 280 people...
到这个月底,参加该任务的人员规模将有望增至 280 人。
His bank balance has swelled by £222,000 in the last three weeks...
在过去的 3 周里,他银行的存款多了 222,000 英镑。
Offers from other countries should swell the force to 35,000.
其他国家的支援将可使兵力增至 35,000 人。
...the ever-swelling numbers of the homeless...
无家可归者人数的持续增长
Its population is swollen by 360,000 refugees.
360,000 名难民使该国人口大增。
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[VERB 动词](身体部位)肿胀,膨胀 If something such as a part of your body
swells, it becomes larger and rounder than normal.
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[VERB 动词]涌起,充满(某种情感) If you
swell with a feeling, you are suddenly full of that feeling.
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[VERB 动词](声音)增强,变响亮 If sounds
swell, they get louder.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]浪潮;浪涌 A
swell is the regular movement of waves up and down in the open sea.
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]极好的;了不起的;非常棒的 You can describe something as
swell if you think it is really nice.
I've had a swell time.
我过得极为开心。
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See also:swelling
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swollen
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groundswell
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