swell up

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

swell up - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"tumesce, tumefy, intumesce, swelldistend - swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"belly, belly out - swell out or bulge outpuff out, puff up, puff, blow up - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"bloat - become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"blister, vesicate - get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"

Translations

肿起

swell

(swel) – past tense swelled: past participle swollen (ˈswoulən) – verb to make or become larger, greater or thicker. The insect-bite made her finger swell; The continual rain had swollen the river; I invited her to join us on the excursion in order to swell the numbers. 腫脹，增大 肿胀，增大 noun a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm. The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell. (浪濤的)洶湧 汹涌 adjective (especially American) used as a term of approval. a swell idea; That's swell! 了不起，漂亮的 了不起，漂亮的 ˈswelling noun a swollen area, especially on the body as a result of injury, disease etc. She had a swelling on her arm where the wasp had stung her. 腫脹 肿胀swollen (ˈswəulən) adjective increased in size, thickness etc, through swelling. a swollen river; He had a swollen ankle after falling down the stairs. 腫脹的 肿胀的ˌswollen-ˈheaded adjective too pleased with oneself; conceited. He's very swollen-headed about his success. 傲慢的 傲慢的swell out to (cause to) bulge. The sails swelled out in the wind. 鼓起 鼓起swell up (of a part of the body) to swell. The toothache made her face swell up. 腫起 肿起