swells

v.（使）膨胀；（使）鼓起；（使）增长

n.增大；膨胀；肿胀；汹涌

adj.很棒的；时髦的；一流的

The hills swell gradually up from the plain. 山丘逐渐由平原膨胀起来。

Tom had a fall and his under lip began to swell up. 汤姆跌了一跤，下唇开始肿起。

The budget deficit could swell further over the next few years. 未来几年内财政赤字可能会有更多增长。

The groups change more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath. 人群的变化越来越快，忽而随着新来的客人而增大，忽而分散后又立即重新组合。

There was a swell in the city's population. 该市出现过人口膨胀。

He wondered how comehe grew a swell on the head. 他不知道为什么头上会长出一个瘤。

And again we were wallowing in the swell. 而我们又在摇摆颠簸中晃来晃去。

swell的基本意思是“增大,膨胀”,指由于受外力的作用使物体在原有的基础上变大或处于增大的状态,或指由于疼痛、哭泣等原因而使身体的某一部位肿大或处于肿大的状态。也可用于硬度或力量的增强,含有“快要涨破了”的意味。引申还可指“河水上涨”或“人群扩大”。

swell可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

swell的过去式是swelled,过去分词是swollen或swelled。

swell也可用作名词,意思是“浪涛”“衣着时髦的人,名人”。例如:The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。She is the swell who we will meet.她是我们要见的大人物。