swell

英[swel] 美[sw?l]

反義詞shrink

第三人稱單數:?swells;過去式:?swelled;過去分詞:?swollen;? swelled;現在分詞:?swelling;

1. 蛇落在井里淹死了，被泡得腫脹、膨脹。
2. swell up 膨脹。
3. 蛇吃得太好，肚子都膨脹起來了。

swell 膨脹，腫脹，鼓起

來自古英語 swellan,膨脹，鼓起，來自 Proto-Germanic*swelnan,膨脹，可能來自 PIE*swel,照耀，照射，使發熱，詞源同 swelter.引申諸相關詞義。

swell: swell: [OE] Swell comes from prehistoric Germanic *swellan, a verb of unknown origin which also produced German schwellen, Dutch zwellen, and Swedish sv?lla. Its use as an adjective, meaning ‘fine’, emerged at the beginning of the 19th century. The notion underlying it is ‘suitable to a swell, a fashionable or stylish person’; and this application of the noun swell probably arose out of an earlier use for ‘swollen’ or pompous behaviour.
swell (v.): Old English swellan "grow or make bigger" (past tense sweall, past participle swollen), from Proto-Germanic *swelnan (cognates: Old Saxon swellan, Old Norse svella, Old Frisian swella, Middle Dutch swellen, Dutch zwellen, Old High German swellan, German schwellen), of unknown origin. Of emotions from late 14c., of music from 1749. Related: swelled; swollen; swelling.
swell (n.): c. 1200, "a morbid swelling," from swell (v.). In reference to a rise of the sea, it is attested from c. 1600; of music, by 1803. The meaning "wealthy, elegant person" is first recorded 1786, connected to the now-obsolete sense "pompousness, arrogance" (1724), both from the notion of "puffed-up" demeanor or behavior.
swell (adj.): "fashionably dressed or equipped," 1810, from swell (n.) in the "stylish person" sense. As "good, excellent," by 1897; as a stand-alone expression of satisfaction it is recorded from 1930 in American English.

1. Offers from other countries should swell the force to 35,000.: 其他國家的支援將可使兵力增至35,000人。

3. Its body plumage suddenly began to ruffle and swell.: 它全身的羽毛突然豎了起來，脹得鼓鼓的。