英语词汇“swollen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

When something's swollen, it's puffed up, rounded, and misshapen. If you've sprained your ankle, it's likely to be swollen and may look more like a grapefruit than the body part you know and love.

When something swells up, it's swollen, and that can be anything from knees and glands to pregnant bellies. You can also use swollen more poetically: you can describe someone with a big ego as having a swollen head. A stormy ocean with big, angry waves is a swollen sea. And a state with out-of-control spending has a swollen budget, inflated by special projects and other expenses that there’s not enough money to pay for.

WORD FAMILY

swell: swelled, swellest, swelling, swellingly, swells, swollen+/swelled: swelleder/swelling: swellings

USAGE EXAMPLES

He peered up at the mess caused by the swollen substance.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016)

Six-foot tall in her heels, she lifted a finger and prodded my swollen cheek.

The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016)

“This is one of the greatest days of my life,” he proclaimed from the podium, with eyes swollen and red from shedding tears.

Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016)

adj characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty
growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary

Syn

conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen-headed, vain
proud

feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride

单词	swollen
释义	swollen (once / 759 pages) adj When something's swollen, it's puffed up, rounded, and misshapen. If you've sprained your ankle, it's likely to be swollen and may look more like a grapefruit than the body part you know and love. When something swells up, it's swollen, and that can be anything from knees and glands to pregnant bellies. You can also use swollen more poetically: you can describe someone with a big ego as having a swollen head. A stormy ocean with big, angry waves is a swollen sea. And a state with out-of-control spending has a swollen budget, inflated by special projects and other expenses that there’s not enough money to pay for. WORD FAMILY swell: swelled, swellest, swelling, swellingly, swells, swollen+/swelled: swelleder/swelling: swellings USAGE EXAMPLES He peered up at the mess caused by the swollen substance. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Six-foot tall in her heels, she lifted a finger and prodded my swollen cheek. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) “This is one of the greatest days of my life,” he proclaimed from the podium, with eyes swollen and red from shedding tears. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) adj characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary Syn conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen-headed, vain 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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