billow

🇺🇸 /ˈbɪləʊ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbɪləʊ/
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難度
標籤 TOP20000
intransitive verb
R

to swell out like a wave or cloud

The sails billowed as the wind picked up.

帆隨著風勢增強而鼓起。

R

to rise and move in large masses like smoke or steam

Thick smoke billowed from the fire.

濃煙從火中滾滾而出。

noun
R

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

The fire produced great billows of smoke.

火勢產生了巨大的煙霧。

translation

vi. 翻騰, 湧起
n. 巨浪

詞形變化

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