billow

英 ['bɪləʊ] 美 ['bɪloʊ]

• n. 巨浪；如巨浪翻腾的东西
• v. （像巨浪般）汹涌；波动；使翻腾

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]波涛；巨浪

   great waves; surge

2. [C]波涛般翻滚之物

   a moving mass or cloud of smoke, steam, etc. like a wave

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)翻腾,汹涌

   (cause to) rise and roll in waves

英英释义

Noun:

1. a large sea wave

Verb:

1. rise up as if in waves;

   "smoke billowed up into 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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The billow of the atlantic dash high on the rock during a storm.
   暴风雨时，大西洋的巨浪冲撞岩石掀得很高很高。
2. Billows of flame swept through the forest.
   熊熊烈火席卷森林。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The wind blew hard and the sea was billowing.
   疾风劲吹，海浪汹涌。
2. 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。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The billows ran high.
   波涛汹涌。
2. Billows of smoke were belching from the chimney.
   滚滚浓烟从烟囱中冒出。
3. The ship was tossed by the ocean billow.
   海轮在大洋巨浪上颠簸。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The wind blew hard and the sea was billowing.
   风吹得很紧,海上巨浪翻滚着。
2. The wind made the lake water billow onto the beach.
   大风吹得湖水汹涌地扑向海滩。
3. The sheets on the line billow in the wind.
   挂在绳上的床单在风中像波浪一样飘动。
4. The flames billowed over the prairie.
   大火像波涛一样席卷了原野。
5. The smoke billowed from the burning house.
   浓烟从烈焰飞腾的房子里滚滚喷出。
6. Hundreds of red flags billowed in the breeze.
   几百面红旗在微风中飘扬。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. A gust of wind billowed the sleeves and skirts of women's dresses.
   一股劲风把妇女们的衣袖和裙子吹得像波浪一样翻动。
2. A field of burning grass billowed thick black clouds of smoke into the sky.
   一块燃烧着的草地冒起黑色浓烟,滚滚升上天际。

经典引文

• When his waters billow thus, Dark storms and wind Incite them.

  出自： H. Vaughan

• Their skirts billowing out wide into tents.

  出自： T. Roethke

• Black smoke billowing into the night sky.

  出自： A. MacLean

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

～+介词

• a great billow of smoke 一股浓烟
• the billow of the Pacific 太平洋的巨浪

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• billow the black clouds of smoke 黑烟翻滚
• billow sleeves 袖子飞舞

～+副词

• billow glitteringly 闪亮飘舞
• billow restlessly 不停地飘动
• billow softly 轻轻地飘动

～+介词

• billow in 在…中飘动
• billow into 往…里翻滚
• billow onto 向…扑去
• billow over 席卷了…

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. billow作“波涛”解时是诗歌用语，强调浪峰高。billow还可指如波涛般翻滚的烟、火、声音等，这时常用复数形式。

近反义词

【近义词】

• surge 汹涌
• balloon 气球
• cloud 云
• swell （使）膨胀
• wave 波浪
• puff 喷出
• swirl 漩涡
• rush 冲
• catch the wind 招风
• bulge 膨胀
• fill 装满
• waft 飘浮
• rise 上升
• curl 卷曲
• flow 流动
• heave 用力举起
• sea 海
• inflate 使膨胀
• wallow 打滚

【反义词】

• ripple 涟漪