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swell

B1 verb

swell /swɛl/ nghĩa là sưng lên, phồng lên

Các nghĩa

  1. sưng lên, phồng lên

    To become larger, fuller, or rounder, or expand in size or shape, usually as a result of pressure from within.

    intransitive

    My ankles had swelled in the heat.

  2. làm sưng lên, làm phồng lên

    To cause to become bigger.

    transitive

    Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring.

    ’Tis low ebb sure with his Accuser, when such Peccadillos as these are put in to swell the Charge.

  3. tăng dần, lớn dần

    To grow gradually in force or loudness.

    intransitive

    The organ music swelled.

  4. làm tăng dần, làm lớn dần

    To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.

    transitive

  5. làm kiêu ngạo, làm tự mãn

    To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.

    transitive

    to be swelled with pride or haughtiness

  6. trở nên kiêu ngạo, tự mãn

    To be raised to arrogance.

    intransitive

    Why, here he comes, swelling like a turkey-cock.

    […] you swell at the sight of tartan, as the bull is said to do at scarlet.

+ 2 nghĩa khác

  1. hân hoan, phấn khích

    To be elated; to rise arrogantly.

  2. khoa trương, cường điệu

    To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.

    swelling words  a swelling style

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