billow

英 [ˈbɪl.əʊ]      美 [ˈbɪl.oʊ]
  • n. 巨浪
  • vi. 翻腾
  • vt. 使翻腾
  • n. (Billow)人名;(瑞典)比洛
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1. PIE root *bhelgh- "swell" => billow, belly, bolster, bulge, budget.
2. PIE root *bhelgh- "to swell," an extension of *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bale, belly, blow).
3. 谐音“碧浪”---- 听说过碧浪洗衣粉吧----碧色的浪花、碧色的巨浪。
billow 鼓起

词源同ball, 球,鼓起。

billow (n.)
1550s, perhaps older in dialectal use, from Old Norse bylgja "a wave, a billow," from Proto-Germanic *bulgjan (cognates: Middle High German bulge "billow, bag"), from PIE *bhelgh- "to swell" (see belly (n.)).
billow (v.)
1590s, from billow (n.). Related: Billowed; billowing.
1. The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.
一张张白帆随着微风舞动。
2. An angry billow almost swallowed that ship.
怒涛几乎吞没了那条船.
3. 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.
4. He exhaled a billow of cigar smoke.
他吐出一股雪茄烟.
5. The smoke was beginning to billow into the room now - yellow, acrid fumes that made Elizabeth choke.
现在,浓烟滚滚卷进屋内 —— 黄色辛辣的烟使得伊丽莎白透不过气来.

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