| 单词 | swell |
| 释义 | verb | noun | adjective swellswell1 /swɛl/ ●●○ verb (past tense swelled, past participle swollen /ˈswoʊlən/ or swelled) 1SIZE [intransitive] (also swell up) to gradually increase in size: His ankle was beginning to swell up. Wood swells if it becomes wet.2AMOUNT/NUMBER [intransitive, transitive] to gradually increase in amount or number, or to make something increase in this way: The river was swelling rapidly with the constant rain. Large numbers of refugees have swollen the ranks of (=increased the number of) the unemployed.3SOUND [intransitive] literary to become louder: Music swelled around us.4SHAPE [intransitive, transitive] (also swell (something) out) to become round in shape rather than flat, or to make something do this: The wind swelled the sails.5OCEAN [intransitive] to move suddenly and powerfully upward6swell with pride/anger/confidence etc. to feel very proud, angry, confident, etc.[Origin: Old English swellan] → see also groundswell, swollen2 verb | noun | adjective swellswell2 noun 1a)[countable] a single long wave in the ocean away from the shore b)[singular] the way in which the ocean moves up and down2[countable usually singular] eng. lang. arts an increase in sound level, especially in music SYN crescendo3[countable] literary a situation in which something increases in number or amount: swell of a growing swell of support → see also groundswell4a swell of something a sudden strong feeling: a swell of pride5the swell of something the roundness and fullness of something6[countable] old-fashioned a fashionable or important person verb | noun | adjective swellswell3 adjective old-fashioned very good |
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