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单词 billowing
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billowingadj.

/ˈbɪləʊɪŋ/
Etymology: < billow v. + -ing suffix2.
Rolling or rising in billows; undulating.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > undulating
waving1585
flexuous1626
undulary1646
rippling1670
wavy1708
undulating1715
billowing1718
undulatory1794
waved1820
undulant1830
undulous1862
1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 478 The billowing Snow.
1812 R. Wilson Private Diary I. 42 The background..was formed by billowing mountains.
1847 T. De Quincey Joan of Arc in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 541/1 The fiery smoke rose upwards in billowing volumes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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