swell
[swɛl]
n. , 隆起, 巨浪, 胀

a. 优, 流

vi. , 膨胀, 胀, , 骄傲

vt. 使膨胀, 使, 使, 使骄傲

[] 胀模



swell
swollen
[ noun ]

1. the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

<noun.event>

2. a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

<noun.object>

3. a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

<noun.attribute>

4. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

<noun.person>

[ verb ]

1. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

<verb.change>
The music swelled to a crescendo

2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

<verb.social> puff up
The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son

3. expand abnormally

<verb.change> intumesce swell up tumefy tumesce
The bellies of the starving children are swelling

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

<verb.stative> well up
Strong emotions welled up
Smoke swelled from it

5. come up, as of a liquid

<verb.motion> well
Tears well in her eyes
the currents well up

6. cause to become swollen

<verb.change>
The water swells the wood

[ adj ]

1. very good

<adj.all>
he did a bully job
a neat sports car
had a great time at the party
you look simply smashing

Swell \Swell\, v. i. [imp. {Swelled}; p. p. {Swelled} or
{Swollen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swelling}.] [AS. swellan; akin to
D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella,
Sw. sv["a]lla.]
1. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface
or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of
the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a
bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.

2. To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase
in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its
banks; sounds swell or diminish.

3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as,
in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.

4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.

You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do
at scarlet. --Sir W.
Scott.

5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.

6. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling
words; a swelling style.

7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the
middle.

8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.

Your equal mind yet swells not into state. --Dryden.

9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
``Monarchs to behold the swelling scene!'' --Shak.

10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added,
swell to a great amount.

11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to
strut; to look big.

Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. --Shak.


Swell \Swell\, v. t.
1. To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to
rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow
swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the
population.

[The Church] swells her high, heart-cheering tone.
--Keble.

2. To aggravate; to heighten.

It is low ebb with his accuser when such
peccadilloes are put to swell the charge.
--Atterbury.

3. To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be
swelled with pride or haughtiness.

4. (Mus.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the
sound of a note.


Swell \Swell\, n.
1. The act of swelling.

2. Gradual increase. Specifically:
(a) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
(b) Increase in height; elevation; rise.

Little River affords navigation during a swell
to within three miles of the Miami. --Jefferson.
(c) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.

Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron.
(d) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.

The swell and subsidence of his periods.
--Landor.

3. A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an
extensive plain abounding with little swells.

4. A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large
waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy
swell sets into the harbor.

The swell
Of the long waves that roll in yonder bay.
--Tennyson.

The gigantic swells and billows of the snow.
--Hawthorne.

5. (Mus.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of
sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally
indicated by the sign.

6. A showy, dashing person; a dandy. [Slang]

{Ground swell}. See under {Ground}.

{Organ swell} (Mus.), a certain number of pipes inclosed in a
box, the uncovering of which by means of a pedal produces
increased sound.

{Swell shark} (Zo["o]l.), a small shark ({Scyllium
ventricosum}) of the west coast of North America, which
takes in air when caught, and swells up like a swellfish.


Swell \Swell\, a.
Having the characteristics of a person of rank and
importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell
person; a swell neighborhood. [Slang]

{Swell mob}. See under {Mob}. [Slang]