| 释义 |
swellvt.
1. make tumid or bigger. inflate使涨满，使胀大，使膨胀。
△Oth.2.1.77: “Great Jove,Othello guard (i.e.guard Othello). / And swell his sail with thine ownpowerful breath，”伟大的宙父，保佑奥瑟罗，用你那强大的气息吹胀他的船帆。
△2H.IV.45.168(169):“But if it didinfect my blood with joy. / Or swell my thoughts toany strain of pride，”但是假如它使我的血液中感染到些微的欣喜，或者使我的心里膨胀起骄傲的感情。
2. cause to rise使上升，使上涨。
△Lr.3.1.5: “Bids thewind blow the earth into the sea. / Or swell the curled waters 'bove the main.”叫狂风把陆地吹进海洋，或者把翻卷的浪涛涨上大陆。
～ vi.
1. well up,overflow,burst forth 涌出，泛滥，喷出。
△Mac.1.2.27:“So from that spring whence com-fort seemed to come / Discomfort swells.”同样，从安逸似乎就要来临的源头竟涌出了不安。
2. be inflated,be inflated with pride膨胀，趾高气扬。
△H.V.5.1.15(14): “Why,here he comes,swellinglike a turkey-cock.” i.e. puffing out his chest andwalking with a strut. 嘿，他来了，趾高气扬，像一只火鸡。
3. be inflated with anger,grow angry充满愤怒，发怒。
△H.VIII.3.1.162(163):“but to stubborn spirits /They swell and grow as terrible as storms.”但是对于倔强不听话的人他们就怒火直冒，像暴风雨一样可怕。 swell[swel]v.增大n.名人adj. 时髦的，身份高的
‖ swelled head自大，自负
swelldom n. 时髦的人，上流社会 |