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1. Oxford Dictionary

   swell

   • IPA[swɛl]

   英式

   • v.
     (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid；be intensely affected or filled with a particular emotion
   • n.
     a full or gently rounded shape or form；a gradual increase in amount, intensity, or volume
   • adj.
     excellent; very good；smart; fashionable
   • adv.
     excellently; very well

   • verb: swell, 3rd person present: swells, gerund or present participle: swelling, past tense: swelled, past participle: swollen

   • noun: swell, plural noun: swells

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid her bruised knee was already swelling up the sky was black and swollen with rain 同義詞 expand, bulge, distend, become distended, inflate, ... 更多become inflated, dilate, become bloated, bloat, blow up/out, puff up, balloon, fatten, fill out, tumefy, intumesce反義詞 shrink, contract
   • ▪ be intensely affected or filled with a particular emotion she felt herself swell with pride 同義詞 be filled, be full of, be bursting, brim, overflow, ... 更多be overcome
   • 2. become or make greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume the low murmur swelled to a roar the city's population was swollen by refugees 同義詞 grow larger, grow greater, grow, enlarge, increase, ... 更多expand, rise, wax, mount, escalate, accelerate, step up, accumulate, surge, multiply, proliferate, snowball, mushroom, skyrocket, make larger, make greater, enlarge, increase, increase in size/scope, expand, augment, boost, build up, accelerate, step up, multiply, top up, grow loud, grow louder, become louder, amplify, intensify, heighten反義詞 decrease, wane, decrease, quieten

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a full or gently rounded shape or form the soft swell of her breast
   • 2. a gradual increase in amount, intensity, or volume a huge swell in the popularity of one-day cricket 同義詞 increase, rise, growth, expansion, escalation, ... 更多acceleration, surge, stepping-up, proliferation, snowballing, mushrooming, skyrocketing反義詞 decrease, dip
   • ▪ a welling up of a feeling a swell of pride swept over George
   • 3. a slow, regular movement of the sea in rolling waves that do not break there was a heavy swell 同義詞 billow, billowing, undulation, surge, surging, ... 更多wave, roll, rolling, bulge, bulging, rush, deluge, movement
   • 4. a mechanism for producing a crescendo or diminuendo in an organ or harmonium.
   • 5. informal, dated a fashionable or stylish person of wealth or high social position a crowd of city swells

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. North American informal, dated excellent; very good you're looking swell
   • ▪ North American informal, dated smart; fashionable a swell boulevard

   adv.

   副詞

   • 1. North American informal, dated excellently; very well everything was just going swell

   片語

   • one's head swells