单词 | swelled |
释义 | swelled (once / 821 pages) adj WORD FAMILY swelled: swelleder+/swell: swelled, swellest, swelling, swellingly, swells, swollen/swelling: swellings USAGE EXAMPLESOdebrecht’s project list in Venezuela swelled to include airports, subways, dams and railways. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) That number only swelled when holiday shopping kicked into high gear. Los Angeles Times(Dec 17, 2016) The following week, at a city council meeting, opposition to the project swelled. The Guardian(Dec 15, 2016) adj feeling self-importance had a swelled head he was swelled with pride Syn big, vainglorious proud feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride |
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