| 释义 |
▪ I. bellying, vbl. n.|ˈbɛlɪɪŋ|
[f. belly v. + -ing1.]
A swelling or bulging out.
1662Hobbes Seven Prob. Wks. 1845 VII. 45 The bellying of the sail. 1753Franklin Wks. (1840) 299 They will comply better with the bellying of the glass.
▪ II. ˈbellying, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Swelling, bulging out.
a1700Dryden Iliad i. Wks. (1700) 213 The bellying Canvass strutted with the Gale. 1822W. Irving Braceb. Hall (1845) 325 As if the bellying clouds were torn open by the mountain tops.
fig.1830Fraser's Mag. I. 133 His fame, buoyant and bellying as it is. |