| 单词 | tumescent |
| 释义 | tumescent —tumescence, n. /tooh mes"euhnt, tyooh-/, adj. 1. swelling; slightly tumid. 2. exhibiting or affected with many ideas or emotions; teeming. 3. pompous and pretentious, esp. in the use of language; bombastic. [1880-85; < L tumescent- (s. of tumescens, prp. of tumescere to begin to swell), equiv. to tum(ere) to swell + -escent- -ESCENT] |
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