Billow

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n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    巨浪,波濤

                      The billows of the Atlantic dash high on the rocks during a storm.

                      暴風雨時,大西洋的巨浪衝撞岩石掀得很高很高。

          2.    巨浪(或波濤)似的東西(如大火、煙、霧等)

                      Billows of smoke were belching from the chimney.

                      巨浪似的煙正從煙囪裡噴出來。

          3.    【書】大海[P1]



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    (巨浪)翻騰

          2.    波浪似地起伏,滾滾向前

                      Hundreds of flags billowed in the breeze.

                      幾百面旗幟在微風中飄揚。

                      Flames and smoke billowed over the prairie.

                      草原上空煙火滾滾。

          3.    鼓起[(+out)]



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    使翻騰;使滾滾向前

          2.    使鼓起[(+out)]





Dictionary.com



–noun 

1. a great wave or surge of the sea. 

2. any surging mass: billows of [smoke].  



–verb (used without object) 

3. to rise or roll in or like billows; surge. 

4. to swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind: 



[flags] billowing in the [breeze].  



–verb (used with object) 

5. to make rise, surge, swell, or the like: 



A sudden [wind] billowed the [tent] alarmingly. 

—Synonyms 

1. swell, breaker, crest, roller, whitecap.





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