swell up

英 [swel ʌp]

美 [swel ʌp]

（身体部位）肿胀

柯林斯词典

• → see:swell 2

英英释义

verb

• expand abnormally
  1. The bellies of the starving children are swelling
  Synonym:swellintumescetumefytumesce

双语例句

• I'm now in my80s, 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。
• That thing is already starting to swell up like a balloon.
  那玩意儿已经肿的跟气球一样了。
• His hands swell up whenever we fly.
  每次飞行他的手都会肿。
• The grains of rice swell up as they absorbwater.
  米粒吸水时会膨胀。
• Now, swell up like a gobbler and tell me that he is worth a thousand blackguards like me and that I should n't dare to be so presumptuous as to feel either pity or contempt for him.
  你现在可以像火鸡那样叫唤，你可以告诉我像我这样的流氓，一千个顶不上他一个，怎么竟敢如此狂妄，竟然对他表示怜悯或鄙视呢。
• 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。
• This would also make your skin and organs swell up as the blood inside them expanded.
  随着体内血液的不断膨胀，还会导致皮肤和体内器官发肿。
• That's gonna swell up like a bitch.
  那会像个婊子似的肿起来的。
• Tom had a fall and his under lip began to swell up.
  汤姆跌了一跤，下唇开始肿起。
• After a few moments in the broth they began to swell up, and bobbed around on the surface with their heads poking up like fat little drunk men in lifejackets.
  青蛙在汤里煮了一会之后开始膨胀，上下浮动，头从汤面上探出来，好像一个个身穿救生衣的喝醉酒的小胖子。