billow
英 ['b?l??]
美['b?lo]
- n. 巨浪
- vi. 翻騰
- vt. 使翻騰
- n. (Billow)人名；(瑞典)比洛
CET6+TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?billows;第三人稱單數(shù):?billows;過去式:?billowed;過去分詞:?billowed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?billowing;
助記提示
1. PIE root *bhelgh- "swell" => billow, belly, bolster, bulge, budget.
2. PIE root *bhelgh- "to swell," an extension of *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bale, belly, blow).
3. 諧音“碧浪”---- 聽說過碧浪洗衣粉吧----碧色的浪花、碧色的巨浪。
2. PIE root *bhelgh- "to swell," an extension of *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bale, belly, blow).
3. 諧音“碧浪”---- 聽說過碧浪洗衣粉吧----碧色的浪花、碧色的巨浪。
中文詞源
billow 鼓起
詞源同ball, 球，鼓起。
英文詞源
- billow (n.)
- 1550s, perhaps older in dialectal use, from Old Norse bylgja "a wave, a billow," from Proto-Germanic *bulgjan (cognates: Middle High German bulge "billow, bag"), from PIE *bhelgh- "to swell" (see belly (n.)).
- billow (v.)
- 1590s, from billow (n.). Related: Billowed; billowing.
雙語例句
- 1. The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.
- 一張張白帆隨著微風(fēng)舞動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. An angry billow almost swallowed that ship.
- 怒濤幾乎吞沒了那條船.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. A door shuts with a bang and curtains billow into the room.
- 房門砰地一聲關(guān)上了,窗簾被風(fēng)翻卷著吹向屋內(nèi).
來自辭典例句
- 4. He exhaled a billow of cigar smoke.
- 他吐出一股雪茄煙.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The smoke was beginning to billow into the room now - yellow, acrid fumes that made Elizabeth choke.
- 現(xiàn)在,濃煙滾滾卷進(jìn)屋內(nèi) —— 黃色辛辣的煙使得伊麗莎白透不過氣來.
來自辭典例句