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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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