| 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 FAMILYswell: swelled, swellest, swelling, swellingly, swells, swollen+/swelled: swelleder/swelling: swellings USAGE EXAMPLESHe 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 |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。