| 单词 | billow |
| 释义 | billow (once / 839 pages) nv Something billows when there's a fluid or blowing motion, such as the air filling a curtain at an open window, or smoke billowing from a fire. This word originally meant a wave, and that image should help you remember its current meaning too. The word usually suggests movement and growth, such as waves building and crashing. There are certain clouds that look like ocean waves, and so are called billow clouds. If you have a big shirt, the wind might make it fill with air and billow. Balloons are billowed when you inflate them. Billowing can also mean to move with difficulty — slowly. WORD FAMILYbillow: billowed, billowing, billows, billowy USAGE EXAMPLESHe wore those Thai fisherman’s pants with the complicated knotting at the front and more billows than a bagpipe yet he carried it off. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) Plus, Science’s Alexa Billow talks to News Editor Tim Appenzeller about this year’s breakthrough, runners-up, breakdowns, and how Science’s predictions from last year help us. Science Magazine(Dec 22, 2016) Smoke billowed over the city on Friday morning as firefighters worked to douse the remaining fires. Reuters(Nov 25, 2016) 1n a large sea wave Syn|Hyper surge moving ridge, wave one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) 2v rise up as if in waves smoke billowed up into the sky Syn|Hypo|Hyper wallow cloud billow up in the form of a cloud soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom rise rapidly 3v rise and move, as in waves or billows Syn|Hyper heave, surge blow up, inflate fill with gas or air 4v move with great difficulty The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed Hyper go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 5v become inflated Syn|Hypo|Hyper balloon, inflate reflate become inflated again expand become larger in size or volume or quantity |
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