billow是什么意思？

billow

英[ˈbɪləʊ] 美[ˈbɪloʊ]

• n. 巨浪，如波涛滚滚而来之物；
• vi. 在波涛中翻滚，扬起，鼓起；

复数：billows;

第三人称单数：billows;

过去式：billowed;

过去分词：billowed;

现在分词：billowing;

例句

• He exhaled a billow of cigar smoke. 他吐出一股雪茄烟.
• 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.
• The white sails billow with the breezes they catch. 一张张白帆随着微风舞动。

反义词

• n.
  billow的反义词之：巨浪;波涛
  ripple,
• billow的反义词之：其他释义
  ripple,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  （布制品）鼓起
  When something made of cloth billows, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  （烟或云）翻滚，滚滚向上
  When smoke or cloud billows, it moves slowly upwards or across the sky.
  例句
  ...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。
• 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.
  例句
  ...smoke stacks belching billows of almost solid black smoke. 喷出滚滚黑烟的烟囱

英汉词典释义

• n.
  巨浪, 如波涛滚滚而来之物
  Billows of smoke blown across the road by the wind made my eyes water. 被风吹过路面的滚滚浓烟使我泪流满面。
• vi.
  在波涛中翻滚
  Clouds of dust billowed out as the cars passed. 汽车驶过时扬起滚滚尘土。
  扬起, 鼓起
  The national flag is billowing in the breeze. 国旗在微风中飘扬。

英英词典释义

• 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"