swell-主題

swell

[swel]

v.（使）膨脹, （使）鼓起, （使）增長 
n.增大, 膨脹, 腫脹, 洶湧 
adj.<口>很棒的,時髦的,一流的
n. 衣著時髦的人, 風頭人物

例句與用法：

The murmur swelled into a roar.

竊竊私語的聲音變大形成一片喧嘩。

Small extra costs all swell the total.

零星的額外費用積少成多使總數增大了

What a swell idea!

多好的主意！

Her ankle swelled up after the fall.

她跌倒後腳踝腫了起來。

The wind swelled out the sail.

風吹得船帆鼓了起來。

詞形變化：

形容詞比較級: sweller | 形容詞最高級: swellest | 動詞過去式: swelled | 動詞過去分詞: swelled/swollen | 動詞現在分詞: swelling | 動詞第三人稱單數: swells |

英文解釋:

名詞 swell:

the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

同義詞：crestless wave

a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

同義詞：dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, fashion plate, clotheshorse

動詞 swell:

increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

同義詞：puff up

expand abnormally

同義詞：swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)

同義詞：well up

come up, as of a liquid

同義詞：well

cause to become swollen

形容詞 swell:

very good

同義詞：bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing

同義詞

increase | billow | surge | puff up | expand | great | add to | undulation | wave | breaker | roller | brilliant | enlarge | super | stretch | fantastic | wonderful | inflate | broaden | bulge | magnify | amplify | good | sea | distend | aggrandize | abound | balloon | bloat | heave | knob | mound | inflame | pump | boom | wax | grow | bigger | gain | dandy | corking | nifty | bully | clotheshorse | bang-up | cracking | keen | well up | gallant | fashion plate | not bad | peachy | beau | smashing | dude | intumesce | fop | tumefy | tumesce | neat | groovy | slap-up | sheik | well | swell up |

反義詞

shrink |

以上來源於大辭典