billow

英 ['bɪləʊ]美 ['bɪlo]

n. 巨浪

vi. 翻腾

vt. 使翻腾

n. (Billow)人名；(瑞典)比洛

助记提示

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. 谐音“碧浪”---- 听说过碧浪洗衣粉吧----碧色的浪花、碧色的巨浪。

中文词源

billow 鼓起

词源同ball, 球，鼓起。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.

一张张白帆随着微风舞动。

来自柯林斯例句

2. An angry billow almost swallowed that ship.

怒涛几乎吞没了那条船.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. A door shuts with a bang and curtains billow into the room.

房门砰地一声关上了,窗帘被风翻卷着吹向屋内.

来自辞典例句

4. He exhaled a billow of cigar smoke.

他吐出一股雪茄烟.

来自辞典例句

5. The smoke was beginning to billow into the room now - yellow, acrid fumes that made Elizabeth choke.

现在,浓烟滚滚卷进屋内 —— 黄色辛辣的烟使得伊丽莎白透不过气来.

来自辞典例句

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