| 单词 | billow |
| 释义 | billow /bil"oh/, n. 1. a great wave or surge of the sea. 2. any surging mass: billows of smoke. v.i. 3. to rise or roll in or like billows; surge. 4. to swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind: flags billowing in the breeze. v.t. 5. to make rise, surge, swell, or the like: A sudden wind billowed the tent alarmingly. [1545-55; < ON bylgja wave, c. MLG bulge; akin to OE gebylgan to anger, provoke] Syn. 1. swell, breaker, crest, roller, whitecap. |
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