| 釋義 |
swellvt.
1. make tumid or bigger. inflate使?jié)q滿，使脹大，使膨脹。
△Oth.2.1.77: “Great Jove,Othello guard (i.e.guard Othello). / And swell his sail with thine ownpowerful breath，”偉大的宙父，保佑奧瑟羅，用你那強(qiáng)大的氣息吹脹他的船帆。
△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，或者使我的心里膨脹起驕傲的感情。
2. cause to rise使上升，使上漲。
△Lr.3.1.5: “Bids thewind blow the earth into the sea. / Or swell the curled waters 'bove the main.”叫狂風(fēng)把陸地吹進(jìn)海洋，或者把翻卷的浪濤漲上大陸。
～ vi.
1. well up,overflow,burst forth 涌出，泛濫，噴出。
△Mac.1.2.27:“So from that spring whence com-fort seemed to come / Discomfort swells.”同樣，從安逸似乎就要來(lái)臨的源頭竟涌出了不安。
2. be inflated,be inflated with pride膨脹，趾高氣揚(yáng)。
△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，他來(lái)了，趾高氣揚(yáng)，像一只火雞。
3. be inflated with anger,grow angry充滿憤怒，發(fā)怒。
△H.VIII.3.1.162(163):“but to stubborn spirits /They swell and grow as terrible as storms.”但是對(duì)于倔強(qiáng)不聽話的人他們就怒火直冒，像暴風(fēng)雨一樣可怕。 swell[swel]v.增大n.名人adj. 時(shí)髦的，身份高的
‖ swelled head自大，自負(fù)
swelldom n. 時(shí)髦的人，上流社會(huì) |