billow

🇺🇸 /ˈbɪləʊ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbɪləʊ/
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intransitive verb
R

to swell out like a wave or cloud

The sails billowed as the wind picked up.

帆随着风势增强而鼓起。

R

to rise and move in large masses like smoke or steam

Thick smoke billowed from the fire.

浓烟从火中滚滚而出。

noun
R

a large, wave-like mass of smoke, steam, etc.

The fire produced great billows of smoke.

火势产生了巨大的烟雾。

translation

vi. 翻腾, 涌起
n. 巨浪

词形变化

3rd Present billows
Past billowed
Perfect billowed
Progressive billowing
Plural billows