词汇 | swell |
释义 | swell /swєl/ (过去式: swelled; 过去完成式: swelled, swollen; 现在进行式: swelling) v.i. To expand or enlarge; increase in size, volume, or force. 扩张;扩大;增大。 To be inflated, or budget out. 膨胀;突出。 To rise above a given level. 隆起;凸起。 The ground swells. 土地隆起。 To become filled with pride and arrogance; become puffed up. 自负;自满。 To behave or speak in a pompous, blustering self-important manner. 言行夸大自负。 To play the swell. 装腔作势;摆架子。 v.t. To cause to increase; inflate. 使增大使;膨胀。 The river is swollen by rain. 河水因下雨而涨高。 To inflate with pride. 使自负。 To play or sing, as a note, with gradual increase and decrease of volume. 【乐】以抑扬音量演奏或演唱。 All joined in to swell the chorus. 全体加入齐声合唱。 phrases swell like a turkey-cock 摆出威风凛凛的样子。 swell the chorus 附和他人。 a swelled (swollen) head 【俚】自大;自以为了不起。 n. The act or state of swelling; increase in volume, force, or value. 膨胀;增大;加强;增值。 Gradual increase and decrease of sound. 【乐】音调之渐次抑扬。 A long continuous wave of billow. 波涛;滚滚之浪。 A gradual elevation of land. 地之渐渐隆起。 A very fashionable person. 【俚】时髦之人。 Person of high society. 【俚】上流社会人士。 come the heavy swell over 【英】【俚】对...摆臭架子。 adj. Excellent; fine. 【俚】极佳的;美好的。 a swell pianist 第一流的钢琴家。 (Of persons) well-dressed; smart. 【俚】穿着华丽的;时髦的。 (Of things) elegant; stylish. 优雅的;漂亮的。 a swell hotel 高雅的旅馆。 idoms swell box 【乐】(风琴)音量增减装置。 swell mob 【英】【俚】绅士打扮的扒手或骗子的(统称)。 swell organ 附音量增减器的风琴。 |
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