1.[i]~ (up)膨胀；肿胀to become bigger or rounder
Her arm was beginning to swell up where the bee had stung her.她胳膊给蜜蜂蜇了，肿了起来。
2.[i][t]（使）凸出，鼓出to curve out or make sth curve out
The sails swelled (out) in the wind.船帆鼓满了风。
The wind swelled (out) the sails.风鼓起了帆。
3.[t][i]（使）增加，增大，扩大to increase or make sth increase in number or size
Last year's profits were swelled by a fall in production costs.去年因生产成本下降，利润有所增加。
We are looking for more volunteers to swell the ranks(= increase the number) of those already helping.我们期盼有更多的志愿者加入，以壮大目前已在提供帮助的队伍。
Membership has swelled to over 20 000.成员增加到 2 万余人。
4.[i]变得更响亮；增强to become louder
The cheering swelled through the hall.欢呼声越来越大，响彻大厅。
5.[i]~ (with sth)充满（激情）to be filled with a strong emotion
to swell with pride满腔自豪
1.[c][ususing]海浪的涌动；涌浪the movement of the sea when it rises and falls without the waves breaking
The boat was caught in a heavy(= strong) swell.船遇上了大浪涌。
2.[sing]（尤指身体部位）凸起的形状，鼓出处，隆起处the curved shape of sth, especially a part of the body
the firm swell of her breasts她挺拔的乳峰
3.[sing]增加；增大；扩大；增强a situation in which sth increases in size, number, strength, etc.
a growing swell of support越来越多的支持
a swell of pride自豪感的增强
4.[sing]逐渐增强a gradual increase in the volume of sth
5.(informal)重要人士；时髦人物an important or fashionable person
1.(informal)很愉快的；极有趣的very good, enjoyable, etc.
We had a swell time.我们过得开心极了。
Although offshoring existed well before the IT wave began to swell, it was used for the manufacturing of goods, as noted previously.
尽管在信息技术浪潮急速膨胀的之前，离岸外包波就已经出现了，它是用于制造货物，正如以前。
Jackson's borrowings continued to swell, while his debt with Bank of America was sold on to the New York company Fortress Investment Group.
Jackson的借款在持续增长，同时，他在美国银行的债务被卖给了一家叫做堡垒投资集团的纽约公司。
Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years.
这四十年，你的衣服没有穿破，你的脚也没有肿。
In this case, it was the swell of an emergency siren, like those used for air raids or tornadoes , which I've never heard before in Beijing.
此刻，声嘶力竭的是在城市上空不断膨胀的警笛声，就像遭遇袭击或龙卷风时的警报，我之前从来没在北京听到过。
There is a swell of emotion within me for this stranger who so quickly came into and went from my life.
为这位迅速走进又很快走出我生活的陌生人，我心间涌起了一股感情。
The club is well-run, with intelligent board members like Fiszman, and with coffers beginning to swell at their lucrative new home. . .
在像费兹曼这样的智慧的董事会成员的操作下，俱乐部经营得很好，在他们盈利的新家，金鸡开始下蛋…
The condition, which can be caused by high blood pressure, a virus or other factors, severely weakens the heart and causes it to swell.
由于高血压病毒感染及其他因素引起的状态严重的损害了心脏并导致其增生。
Tonight there is a stir among the palm leaves a swell in the sea, Full moon, like the heart-throb of the world.
今晚棕榈叶间有一股骚动，海也涌起波涛，满月如世界的心悸动。
Her two little breasts bob up and down, continually, as if they had suddenly begun to swell, bringing her ever closer to perdition.
只见她那对小淑乳一起一伏，抽咽不停，仿佛一下子丰满了起来，成了一对将她进一步带往沉沦之路的豪乳。
Recently on an eight hour flight from London to New York, Lady Gaga's legs began to swell due to the restrictive clothing she wore on board.
最近，在一次从伦敦飞往纽约的八小时航班上，LadyGaga的腿由于裤子太紧而开始肿胀。
The child is in pain because his larynx is all red and swell.
这孩子在遭受疼痛，因为他的喉头又红又肿。
"Swell. " It sounded like "svelte. " He'd purged most of his accent nearly half a century ago, but now it had returned.
“太棒了。”听起来有点儿像“太笨了。”他的口音半世纪以前就都该了，可是现在又回来了。
Tears start to swell up in her eyes. "But you said I was your ideal. " her eyes locked with his as she spill the words out of her mouth.
她的眼睛里充满泪水。“可是你说过我是你的理想型。”说出这几个字时她的眼睛紧紧追随他的目光。
A minute or two later the skiff's head was standing high up, against the boat's swell, and the voyage was begun.
一两分钟以后，小艇的船头被渡船裹挟的排浪冲得直竖起来，船启航了。
I'm now in my 80s, but whenever I think of that look on Dad's face, my heart still feels as if it will swell up and burst.
现在，我已经80多岁了，但是每当我回想起我爸当时的面部表情，我就感到我的心仍然在膨胀着，像是要胀裂一样。
"Sharp pain, " he said. "They told me to stay behind. They didn't want my knee to swell up on the plane. "
“剧烈的疼痛。”他说，“他们叫我呆在后面，不希望我的膝盖肿起来。”
That was one of the swell things you could count on.
这是你能指望得到的好事之一。
In mountainous Leye it often rains in July and the underground lakes swell, making it a dangerous time to explore.
乐业多山，7月多雨，地下湖会增容，对于考察来说是一段危险的时间。
There was a swell of emotion in her for the poor old man .
她心里涌起一股感情，为那位可怜的老人感到难过。
The heat of the fire would make the goose's feet swell up, and the blood would run into its feet as the goose was cooked to death.
火的热量让鹅掌渐渐肿胀，血都涌进它的脚掌里，鹅就这样活活地被烤死了。
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