v.(动词)

1. 膨胀
2. 肿大，肿起，肿胀
3. 隆起，鼓起
4. （河水等）上涨
5. 骄傲自负，趾高气扬
6. （情绪）高涨，增长
7. （声音、音调等）增强
8. 增大，增加，增多 ，提高，变大，壮大，扩大
9. 使膨胀
10. 使肿胀，使肿大
11. 使鼓起，使隆起
12. 使增长，使壮大
13. 使骄傲自大，使自负，使自大，使趾高气扬，使得意扬扬
14. 使（河水等）上涨
15. 使（情绪）高涨，使（心里）充满
16. 【音】使增强

n.(名词)

1. 增大
2. 肿胀，肿大
3. 隆起
4. 增强，加强
5. 增加，增大
6. 汹涌，浪涛汹涌
7. 风头人物
8. 鼓包，隆起部分，凸起的形状
9. 衣着时髦的人
10. 强大
11. 情绪高涨
12. 【地】海涌
13. 【音】渐强到渐弱

adj.(形容词)

1. 服装时髦的，漂亮的
2. 风头健的
3. 很棒的，一流的，非常好，了不起的，优秀的
4. 高超的，高级的
5. 象样的，极讲究的
6. 很愉快的
7. 极有趣的

adv.(副词)

1. 极好地，一流地

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)增大; 膨胀 (cause to) become greater in volume, thickness or force

Noun:

1. the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

2. a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

3. a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

4. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

Adjective:

1. very good;

   "he did a bully job"
   "a neat sports car"
   "had a great time at the party"
   "you look simply smashing"
   

Verb:

1. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity;

   "The music swelled to a crescendo"
   

2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger;

   "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
   

3. expand abnormally;

   "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
   

4. come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things);

   "Strong emotions welled up"
   "Smoke swelled from it"
   

5. come up, as of a liquid;

   "Tears well in her eyes"
   "the currents well up"
   

6. cause to become swollen;

   "The water swells the wood"
   

The forms swelled and swollen are both used as the past participle. swelled 和 swollen 均可用作过去分词。

1.(使)膨胀;(使)扩大;(使)增加
If the amount or size of somethingswells or if somethingswells it, it becomes larger than it was before.

e.g. 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。
e.g. By the end of this month the size of the mission is expected toswell 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。

2.(身体部位)肿胀，膨胀
If something such as a part of your bodyswells, it becomes larger and rounder than normal.

e.g. Do your anklesswell at night?...
你夜里脚踝肿吗？
e.g. The limbsswell to an enormous size.
四肢肿得不得了。

3.涌起，充满(某种情感)
If youswell with a feeling, you are suddenly full of that feeling.

e.g. She could see her two sonsswell with pride.
她能看出她的两个儿子充满了骄傲。

4.(声音)增强,变响亮
If soundsswell, they get louder.

e.g. Heavenly music swelled from nowhere.
不知从何处响起天籁般的音乐。

5.浪潮;浪涌
Aswell is the regular movement of waves up and down in the open sea.

e.g. We bobbed gently up and down on theswell of the incoming tide.
我们随着涨潮的浪涌轻轻地起伏。

6.极好的;了不起的;非常棒的
You can describe something asswell if you think it is really nice.

e.g. I've had aswell time.
我过得极为开心。

7. see also: swelling;swollen;groundswell

相关词组：swell up

1. 膨胀：据推断,有些星星老化时会膨胀(swell)成为一个红巨星(red giant star), 然后它的外层(outer layer)脱落,剩下一个走向消亡的矮星(dwarf star). 不过,这个矮星仍会经过几十亿年才最终从人类的视野内淡出(fade).

2. 肿胀：于是他把井堵住了,在上面住了下来(dwell),当然故事没有完,他仍然每天晚上做梦,梦到无头的妻子来向他索命,他想一不做二不休,打开井看看里面到底是什么样子,于是他把房子拆了,把井掘开,那个死在井里的人浮了出来,浑身肿胀(swell).

3. swell的反义词

3. 长浪：原因是,此时的长浪(swell)方向来自正东,并转为东北向,若按原航向40度,则长浪必将正对船头,海水非常容易卷上甲板,不利船员作业. 改航向为正北,让长浪方向与船体垂直,利于船员在甲板上工作. 又如,3月4日,由于航行前方有个强气旋,

4. 浪：3. 本局有无潮流(tidal current)的资料?目前波浪观测仪器所测得的波浪数据中包含了风浪与涌浪(swell)的影响. 单就涌浪而言,本局尚无资料.

The hills swell gradually up from the plain.

山丘逐渐由平原膨胀起来。

Tom had a fall and his under lip began to swell up.

汤姆跌了一跤，下唇开始肿起。

The budget deficit could swell further over the next few years.

未来几年内财政赤字可能会有更多增长。

The groups change more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath.

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。

There was a swell in the city's population.

该市出现过人口膨胀。

He wondered how comehe grew a swell on the head.

他不知道为什么头上会长出一个瘤。

And again we were wallowing in the swell.

而我们又在摇摆颠簸中晃来晃去。

Her arm was beginning to swell up where the bee had stung her.

她胳膊给蜜蜂蜇了，肿了起来。

The sails swelled (out) in the wind.

船帆鼓满了风。

The wind swelled (out) the sails.

风鼓起了帆。

Last year's profits were swelled by a fall in production costs.

去年因生产成本下降，利润有所增加。

We are looking for more volunteers to swell the ranks (= increase the number) of those already helping.

我们期盼有更多的志愿者加入，以壮大目前已在提供帮助的队伍。

Membership has swelled to over 20 000.

成员增加到2万余人。

The cheering swelled through the hall.

欢呼声越来越大，响彻大厅。

to swell with pride

满腔自豪

The boat was caught in a heavy (= strong) swell.

船遇上了大浪涌。

the firm swell of her breasts

她挺拔的乳峰

a growing swell of support

越来越多的支持

a swell of pride

自豪感的增强

We had a swell time.

我们过得开心极了。

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。

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。

She could see her two sons swell with pride.

她能看出她的两个儿子充满了骄傲。

Heavenly music swelled from nowhere.

不知从何处响起天籁般的音乐。

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。

I've had a swell time.

我过得极为开心。

Small extra costs all swell the total.

零星的额外费用积少成多使总数增大了.

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. The insect's bite made her finger swell.
   虫子咬了她的手指,手指就肿了。
2. The injured ankle began to swell.
   受伤的脚踝开始肿了。
3. His eye swelled painfully after the blow.
   挨打后他的一只眼睛肿了起来,非常疼痛。
4. Wood often swells when wet.
   木材浸湿后会膨胀。
5. A barrel swells in the middle.
   水桶中部隆起。
6. His fortune has swollen during the war.
   他的财产在战争期间大为增加。
7. After the heavy rain the river swelled.
   大雨过后,河水猛涨。
8. His anger swelled when he heard it.
   他一听说这个就怒火上升。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. The infection swelled his hand.
   感染使他的手肿了起来。
2. The wind swelled the sails.
   风鼓起了船帆。
3. These small items help to swell the total.
   这些小项目使总额增加了。
4. The newly-arrived refugees swelled the ranks of the unemployed in the big city.
   新到的难民扩大了这座大城市失业者的队伍。
5. He asked them to come to the meeting to swell the numbers.
   他要求他们参加会议以增加出席人数。
6. He took a job to swell his pockets.
   他找了份工作想多挣点钱。
7. The heavy rain swelled the river.
   大雨使河水上涨。
8. Pride swelled her heart.
   她骄傲自大。
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9. Both his legs were badly swollen.
   他的两条腿都肿得很厉害。
10. The river is swollen by rain.
    雨水使河水上涨。

swell out (v.+adv.)

(使)膨胀〔肿起〕 (cause to) become bigger, as with air, liquid, etc.
swell out

Her cheeks swelled out.

她的两颊鼓了起来。

The sails swelled out in the wind.

船帆迎风鼓起。

swell sth ⇔ out

The bird swelled out its chest to attract the attention of the female.

那鸟儿把胸脯鼓起来吸引雌鸟。

He swelled out his chest with pride.

他挺胸凸肚,神气活现。

swell up (v.+adv.)

感到自豪 become filled with prideHis heart swelled up when he learned that he had won the prize.当他知道他已获奖时,心里很自豪。

swell with (v.+prep.)

出…以增加… make (a collection of money) bigger by giving (money)
swell with sth

Your feet often swell with the heat in the afternoon.

下午气温一高,你的脚常常会肿起来。

Her face swelled with the toothache.

她的脸由于牙疼而肿了起来。

The river has swollen with melted snow.

雪融河涨。

swell sth with sth

Birds swell their feathers with air in order to keep warm.

鸟类的羽毛能凭空气扎煞起来以保暖。

Her eyes were swollen with tears.

她的眼睛哭肿了。

swell with sth

Her heart swelled with grief.

她内心充满了悲痛。

His breast swelled with emotion.

他满怀激情。

Don't swell with pride when you make some contribution.

有了贡献不要沾沾自喜。

swell sth with sth

Our neighbour has most generously swelled the collection with a gift of ￡25.

我们的邻居真慷慨,拿出25英镑加在捐款里。

～+名词

• swell%20chest">swell chest鼓起胸膛
• swell%20finger">swell finger手指肿了起来
• swell%20hand">swell hand手肿了起来
• swell%20leg">swell leg腿肿了起来
• swell%20number">swell number增加人数
• swell%20river">swell river河水涨了起来
• swell%20troop">swell troop扩大队伍

～+副词

• swell%20abnormally">swell abnormally反常地膨胀
• swell%20badly">swell badly肿得很厉害
• swell%20gradually">swell gradually慢慢地增长
• swell%20hideously">swell hideously肿得可怕
• swell%20powerfully">swell powerfully强有力地增大
• swell%20out">swell out使膨胀,使胀大
• swell%20out%20the%20sails">swell out the sails(风)把帆吹得鼓了起来
• swell%20up">swell up发肿,膨胀,(河水)上涨

～+介词

• swell%20by">swell by因…而膨胀
• swell%20with">swell with由于…而膨胀〔高涨〕
• swell%20with%20pride">swell with pride沾沾自喜,骄傲自大

• The oily swells..surged in from the mouth of the bay.

  出自：D. Bagley

• The ship was rolling slightly..in the long placid swell.

  出自：G. Santayana

• The Major..swelling every already swollen vein in his head.

  出自：Dickens

• A substance softening or swelling up in water.

  出自：A. Henfrey

• His rounded belly made his white shirt..swell out.

  出自：E. Langley

v.(动词)

1. swell的基本意思是“增大,膨胀”,指由于受外力的作用使物体在原有的基础上变大或处于增大的状态,或指由于疼痛、哭泣等原因而使身体的某一部位肿大或处于肿大的状态。也可用于硬度或力量的增强,含有“快要涨破了”的意味。引申还可指“河水上涨”或“人群扩大”。
2. swell可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
3. swell的过去式是swelled,过去分词是swollen或swelled。

v.(动词)

swell, dilate, distend, expand, inflate

这组词都有“增大,扩大”的意思。其区别是：

expand指体积、数量的增大,可指展开、打开、散播开,而使其扩大的因素既可以是内在的,也可以是来自外界的外力; swell是指由于受到内部力量的作用而在体积和容积方面增大,也可指数目或程度的增长,质量的提高,或曲面向上隆起,常表示“不正常的增大”; distend指在内部力量的压迫下向各个方向扩张或膨胀,暗示原来就处于完全空虚或松弛状态; inflate指用人工方法使某物膨胀起来; dilate强调直径的增大。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的swellan，意为膨胀。