单词 | billow |
释义 | bil·low I. 1. a. < the billows rose and fell, flashing in the sunlight > b. < the small boat cut swiftly through the lake's quiet billows > 2. < billows of flame swept through the forest > : an undulating or swelling mass < billows of marching regiments wound through the valley > II. intransitive verb 1. < the restless billowing sea > < the smoke from the houses thickened and spread, bellied out, billowed up — Kenneth Roberts > 2. < 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 < 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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