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billow
[英] [ˈbiləu] [美] [ˈbɪlo] 生词本

n.

vi.

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1. VERB （布制品）鼓起 When something made of cloth billows, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind. 

  • The curtains billowed in the breeze...

    窗帘在微风中鼓了起来。

  • Her pink dress billowed out around her.

    她粉红色的连衣裙鼓了起来。

  • ...the billowing sails.

    鼓起的风帆

2. VERB （烟或云）翻滚，滚滚向上 When smoke or cloud billows, it moves slowly upwards or across the sky. 

  • ...thick plumes of smoke billowing from factory chimneys...

    工厂烟囱冒出的滚滚浓烟

  • Steam billowed out from under the bonnet.

    引擎盖下喷出滚滚的蒸汽。

  • ...billowing clouds of cigarette smoke.

    烟雾缭绕

3. N-COUNT 腾起的一大团（烟、尘等） A billow of smoke or dust is a large mass of it rising slowly into the air. 

  • ...smoke stacks belching billows of almost solid black smoke.

    喷出滚滚黑烟的烟囱

Noun

1. a large sea wave

Verb

1. rise up as if in waves;

  • "smoke billowed up nto the sky"

2. move with great difficulty;

  • "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"

3. rise and move, as in waves or billows;

  • "The army surged forward"

4. become inflated;

  • "The sails ballooned"
1. An angry billow almost swallowed that ship.
怒涛几乎吞没了那条船。

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