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swell v.（使）膨胀；（使）鼓起；（使）增长n.增大；膨胀；肿胀；汹涌adj.<口>很棒的；时髦的；一流的 (1) 汤姆跌了一跤，下唇开始肿起。(2) 未来几年内财政赤字可能会有更多增长。(3) 人群的变化越来越快，忽而随着新来的客人而增大，忽而分散后又立即重新组合。(4) 该市出现过人口膨胀。(5) 他不知道为什么头上会长出一个瘤。(6) 而我们又在摇摆颠簸中晃来晃去。 You can use the word swell to describe what happens to an injured body part, like a black eye that swells up, or in a figurative way, to describe a feeling of fullness, like when your heart swells with pride at your sister's big music performance. In the 1930s, swell became a popular slang term meaning great or excellent. But it also can describe a wealthy, elegant person, like a group of swells at a fancy restaurant.

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英 [swel] 美 [swel] (1) Tom had a fall and his under lip began to swell up.(2) The budget deficit could swell further over the next few years.(3) The groups change more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath.(4) There was a swell in the city's population.(5) He wondered how comehe grew a swell on the head.(6) And again we were wallowing in the swell. To swell is to expand or grow larger. If your brother's face started to swell after he ate lobster for the first time, you'd probably guess that he's allergic to shellfish. The forms swelled and swollen are both used as the past participle. swelled 和 swollen 均可用作过去分词。1[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。2[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.   [V]  [V to n]  [V P]Do your ankles swell at night?...你夜里脚踝肿吗？The limbs swell to an enormous size.四肢肿得不得了。Swell up means the same as swell .swell up 同 swellWhen you develop a throat infection or catch a cold the glands in the neck swell up.当咽喉感染或感冒时，扁桃腺就会肿胀。3[VERB 动词]涌起，充满(某种情感) If you swell with a feeling, you are suddenly full of that feeling.   [V with n]  [LITERARY 文]She could see her two sons swell with pride.她能看出她的两个儿子充满了骄傲。4[VERB 动词](声音)增强，变响亮 If sounds swell, they get louder.   [V]  [LITERARY 文]Heavenly music swelled from nowhere.不知从何处响起天籁般的音乐。5[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. We bobbed gently up and down on the swell of the incoming tide.我们随着涨潮的浪涌轻轻地起伏。6[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.   [AM 美]  [INFORMAL 非正式]I've had a swell time.我过得极为开心。7See also:swelling；swollen；groundswell；  相关词组：swell up

英语单词	swell
英美音标	英 [swel] 美 [swel]
中文释义	v.（使）膨胀；（使）鼓起；（使）增长 n.增大；膨胀；肿胀；汹涌 adj.<口>很棒的；时髦的；一流的
英语例句	(1) Tom had a fall and his under lip began to swell up. (2) The budget deficit could swell further over the next few years. (3) The groups change more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath. (4) There was a swell in the city's population. (5) He wondered how comehe grew a swell on the head. (6) And again we were wallowing in the swell.
中文例句	(1) 汤姆跌了一跤，下唇开始肿起。 (2) 未来几年内财政赤字可能会有更多增长。 (3) 人群的变化越来越快，忽而随着新来的客人而增大，忽而分散后又立即重新组合。 (4) 该市出现过人口膨胀。 (5) 他不知道为什么头上会长出一个瘤。 (6) 而我们又在摇摆颠簸中晃来晃去。
vocabulary简明	To swell is to expand or grow larger. If your brother's face started to swell after he ate lobster for the first time, you'd probably guess that he's allergic to shellfish.
vocabulary扩展	You can use the word swell to describe what happens to an injured body part, like a black eye that swells up, or in a figurative way, to describe a feeling of fullness, like when your heart swells with pride at your sister's big music performance. In the 1930s, swell became a popular slang term meaning great or excellent. But it also can describe a wealthy, elegant person, like a group of swells at a fancy restaurant.
柯林斯解释	The forms swelled and swollen are both used as the past participle. swelled 和 swollen 均可用作过去分词。 1 [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。 2 [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. [V] [V to n] [V P] Do your ankles swell at night?... 你夜里脚踝肿吗？ The limbs swell to an enormous size. 四肢肿得不得了。 Swell up means the same as swell .swell up 同 swell When you develop a throat infection or catch a cold the glands in the neck swell up. 当咽喉感染或感冒时，扁桃腺就会肿胀。 3 [VERB 动词]涌起，充满(某种情感) If you swell with a feeling, you are suddenly full of that feeling. [V with n] [LITERARY 文] She could see her two sons swell with pride. 她能看出她的两个儿子充满了骄傲。 4 [VERB 动词](声音)增强，变响亮 If sounds swell, they get louder. [V] [LITERARY 文] Heavenly music swelled from nowhere. 不知从何处响起天籁般的音乐。 5 [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. We bobbed gently up and down on the swell of the incoming tide. 我们随着涨潮的浪涌轻轻地起伏。 6 [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. [AM 美] [INFORMAL 非正式] I've had a swell time. 我过得极为开心。 7 See also:swelling ；swollen ；groundswell ；相关词组： swell up

Swell [V N Describe Swollen Verb 动词 Body