The forms swelled and swollen are both used as the past participle. swelled 和 swollen 均可用作过去分词。
- V-ERG (使)膨胀;(使)扩大;(使)增加
If the amount or size of something swells or if something swells it, it becomes larger than it was before.
- The human population swelled, at least temporarily, as migrants moved south...
随着移居者南移,人口出现膨胀,至少是暂时性膨胀。 - By the end of this month the size of the mission is expected to swell to 280 people...
到这个月底,参加该任务的人员规模将有望增至 280 人。 - His bank balance has swelled by £222,000 in the last three weeks...
在过去的 3 周里,他银行的存款多了 222,000 英镑。 - Offers from other countries should swell the force to 35,000.
其他国家的支援将可使兵力增至 35,000 人。 - ...the ever-swelling numbers of the homeless...
无家可归者人数的持续增长 - Its population is swollen by 360,000 refugees.
360,000 名难民使该国人口大增。
- VERB (身体部位)肿胀,膨胀
If something such as a part of your body swells, it becomes larger and rounder than normal.
- Do your ankles swell at night?...
你夜里脚踝肿吗? - The limbs swell to an enormous size.
四肢肿得不得了。 - Swell up means the same as swell .
swell up 同 swell - When you develop a throat infection or catch a cold the glands in the neck swell up.
当咽喉感染或感冒时,扁桃腺就会肿胀。
- VERB 涌起,充满(某种情感)
If you swell with a feeling, you are suddenly full of that feeling.
- She could see her two sons swell with pride.
她能看出她的两个儿子充满了骄傲。
- VERB (声音)增强,变响亮
If sounds swell, they get louder.
- Heavenly music swelled from nowhere.
不知从何处响起天籁般的音乐。
- N-COUNT 浪潮;浪涌
A swell is the regular movement of waves up and down in the open sea.
- We bobbed gently up and down on the swell of the incoming tide.
我们随着涨潮的浪涌轻轻地起伏。
- ADJ-GRADED 极好的;了不起的;非常棒的
You can describe something as swell if you think it is really nice.
- I've had a swell time.
我过得极为开心。
- See also: swelling swollen groundswell