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单词 billow
释义 bil·low
I. \ˈbi(ˌ)lō, -_lə, often -_ləw+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from Old Norse bylgja; akin to Middle High German bulge billow, Middle Low German bülge, Old Norse belgr bag — more at belly
1.
 a. : a large swelling wave of water especially in the open sea
  < the billows rose and fell, flashing in the sunlight >
 b. : a marked undulation of water
  < the small boat cut swiftly through the lake's quiet billows >
2. : a rolling or swirling surge
 < billows of flame swept through the forest >
: an undulating or swelling mass
 < billows of marching regiments wound through the valley >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1. : to rise or roll in waves or surges : surge, undulate
 < the restless billowing sea >
 < the smoke from the houses thickened and spread, bellied out, billowed up — Kenneth Roberts >
2. : to bulge or swell out in billows (as through the action of the wind)
 < billowing clouds >
 < the flags in front of the Supreme Court building billowed out in pride — G.B.Oxnam >
 < the girl flashed on, her pretty skirt billowing — Irwin Shaw >
transitive verb
: to cause to billow
 < a high wind was blowing from the west, billowing the sleeves and skirts of women's dresses — Ellen Glasgow >
 < a field of burning grass billowing thick black clouds of smoke into the sky — Donald Windham >
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