| 单词 | tumescent |
| 释义 | tumescent[ too-mes-uhnt, tyoo- ] / tuˈmɛs ənt, tyu- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tumescent ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveswelling; slightly tumid. exhibiting or affected with many ideas or emotions; teeming. pompous and pretentious, especially in the use of language; bombastic. Origin of tumescent1880–85; <Latin tumēscent- (stem of tumēscēns, present participle of tumēscere to begin to swell), equivalent to tum(ēre) to swell + -ēscent--escent OTHER WORDS FROM tumescenttu·mes·cence, nounWords nearby tumescenttumefaction, tumefy, Tumen, tumesce, tumescence, tumescent, tumid, tummler, tummy, tummy tuck, tumor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tumescent
British Dictionary definitions for tumescenttumescent / (tjuːˈmɛsənt) / adjectiveswollen or becoming swollen Derived forms of tumescenttumescence, nounWord Origin for tumescentC19: from Latin tumescere to begin to swell, from tumēre Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for tumescenttumescent [ tōō-mĕs′ənt ] adj.Somewhat tumid. Becoming swollen; swelling. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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