Definition of swell in English:

swell

verbswelling, swelled, swollen, swells swɛlswɛl

1no object (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.
（多指身体的一部分）肿胀
her bruised knee was already swelling up
她擦伤的膝盖已经肿起来了。
figurative the sky was black and swollen with rain
〈喻〉天空黑压压的就要下雨了。
swollen glands
肿胀的腺体。
Example sentencesExamples
- The only thing I managed to get out of the whole experience was a painful foot which is presently swelling up quite nicely, and a bruise on my bottom.
- Some experience ankle or leg swelling because the excessive fluid from the blood cells accumulates there.
- Histamine is one of the body's signals that causes rashes, swelling, leakage of fluid from cells, and itching.
- But trainer Todd Hutcheson says that may not be sufficient to prevent the knee from swelling up again when Gwynn resumes baseball activity.
- She was suffering from frequent headaches, her eye was watering and swelling up.
- Your back aches to high heaven, your smell has turned a different kind of sour, you are hungry and the welts on your body are swelling as your pores open up again.
- He has kwashiorkor, which has left his limbs bloated and his belly swollen.
- So much was going on that his eyes flashed images and his body swelled with sweat, and he didn't care about what it was, but just about when he would see it.
- The lentils will swell with cooking so maybe add some more water if its looking a little dry.
- First he went down with malaria, but later on due to lack of food his legs started swelling up.
- I'm tired of my legs swelling up after a day sitting behind the desk, and I'm tired of clothes feeling too tight.
- On returning home to write up my research, I fell victim to a throat infection which caused one of the glands in my throat to swell to massive size.
- The symptoms vary and have included airways swelling up and attacks to both his liver and immune systems.
- They said this anti-inflammatory, called adiponectin, prevents arteries swelling up and becoming blocked.
- Doctors say Hindley, 57, is suffering from a cerebral aneurysm caused by an artery swelling up at the base of the brain.
- In children, the abdomen can become swollen and bloated and medical attention should be sought urgently.
- Rash, itching, body swelling, breathing difficulties, possible localised red itchy mouth and throat, and even collapse.
- As my body swelled, I thought I would die, but death did not come, so I continued to hunt and gather food.
- They'll swell with moisture and send out roots faster in the soil than ones planted dry.
- The liver, spleen and lymph glands can swell with leukemia cells.
Synonyms
expand, bulge, distend, become distended, inflate, become inflated, dilate, become bloated, bloat, blow up/out, puff up, balloon, fatten, fill out, tumefy, intumesce
1. 1.1 Be intensely affected or filled with a particular emotion.
  （情绪）高涨，充满
  she felt herself swell with pride
  她感到心中一股自豪之情油然而生。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Cut to close-up of red, corn-syrup-stained hand opening to reveal said coin as violins swell with sadness.
  Leóni seemed to swell with pride as he made this announcement.
  Yet, when even first time acquaintances called him Veerappan, Bihari Lal would swell with importance.
  Logan felt his eyes swell with tears and knew he was failing in his strong appearance.
  We watch strange moods fill our children, and our hearts swell with pain.
  They are volunteers who only do this once a year, so their chests swell with purpose.
  All of this points towards The Alamo's greatest strength: If you are a Texan, you'll probably swell with pride at this film.
  Her eyes began to swell with tears as she sat holding her head in her hands.
  ‘Oh, my,’ she said, looking at Ryan, he nodded and her eyes began to swell with tears.
  He could feel her eyes upon him from beneath her veil, forcing his heart to swell with the thought that she loved him enough to accept his marriage proposal.
  Her heart seemed to swell with tears, but none cam though her eyes.
  Then there is dowager Jodha Bai, stately, self-contained, but lording over her eyes which swell with more water than a cloudburst can contain.
  Robert explained, and I smiled inwardly to see the way his chest seemed to swell with his pride at having been made a partner in the firm and having been given such a responsibility.
  Her heart swelled for some affection, but she eased herself so not to appear flamboyant.
  Suddenly, a question popped into her head that made her eyes swell with tears once more.
  The old man seemed to swell with wrath and outrage.
  I try not to swell with pride, and just nod, but it's hard.
  Anger filled me - swelling and spreading occupying every bit of my being.
  I swell with pride at their excited, happy replies.
  So while I can't say that I swell with national pride when I read this kind of thing, I wonder if it is actually quite unimportant?
  Synonyms
  be filled, be full of, be bursting, brim, overflow, be overcome
2Become or make greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume.
（在强度，数目，数量，体积方面）逐渐扩大
no object the low murmur swelled to a roar
窃窃私语的声音逐渐扩大形成一片喧哗。
with object the city's population was swollen by refugees
大量的难民使人口剧增。
Example sentencesExamples
- Least of these is the assertion that, in using such aggressive tactics against the civil rights movement, the British government swelled the ranks of the IRA.
- Recent events have swelled both their ranks and the volume with which they proclaim their beliefs.
- If they aggressively cuts jobs, that would swell the ranks of the retirees with those fantastic benefits.
- During most of the 18th century the forced enlistment of vagrants was also used to swell the ranks of the army.
- Like the Irish, Scots disproportionately volunteered to swell the ranks of the British army, but there were important differences.
- The bill will climb even faster as seniors' ranks swell with aging baby boomers.
- Police in East Yorkshire are looking to swell their crime fighting ranks as they take part in a national drive to recruit special constables this weekend.
- With very few exceptions, however, Cabernet Sauvignon was left to command California's highest wine prices, Merlot to swell sales volumes.
- Worse, it can cause call-center volumes to swell with callers looking not for products or services, but for technical support.
- The village, its population swollen by refugees, had been thought safe by many local people.
- Alienation among unemployed youths will swell the ranks of those vulnerable to terrorist recruitment.
- Every match requires an army of helpers to get the game on - and the Knights are looking for new volunteers to swell the ranks.
- These bring an influx of travelling cod in to swell the ranks of any resident cod, plus the big fast tides will displace more food for the cod to eat and stir up some coloured water which cod feed best in.
- Some 35,000 additional soldiers would swell the army's ranks.
- Singapore's population was swollen by refugees, and two-fifths of the city's water had come in pipes from the mainland.
- American exchanges have cheered the proposal, which will swell their ranks and pocketbooks.
- Hundreds of thousands of refugees have swelled Monrovia's population to well over a million, scrabbling where they can for shelter and running short of food, water and medical supplies.
- The ranks of female players swelled by a similar amount to 132, up from 116 earlier in the decade.
- As more and more policemen and women swell the ranks of the Metro police, we have seen a steady improvement in law and by-law enforcement within the City.
- The cash raised has swelled the amount to almost £39,000 realised over the nine years the competition has been played.
Synonyms
grow larger, grow greater, grow, enlarge, increase, expand, rise, wax, mount, escalate, accelerate, step up, accumulate, surge, multiply, proliferate, snowball, mushroom, skyrocket
make larger, make greater, enlarge, increase, increase in size/scope, expand, augment, boost, top up, build up, accelerate, step up, multiply
grow loud, grow louder, become louder, amplify, intensify, heighten

nounPlural swells swɛlswɛl

1in singular A full or gently rounded shape or form.
凸起处；隆起处
the soft swell of her breast
她胸部的柔和隆起。
Example sentencesExamples
- The sharp inward curve of the bow gives the back a lightbulb shape, and the extreme swell on the bamboo-turned legs quickly tapers to very narrow feet.
- Her gown cuts down so low behind her he can slip his hand beneath the silken material to cradle the soft swell of her buttocks.
- He could make out the swell of her left breast, harbouring a half moon crescent of dancing light as she did so.
- Blown under the porch roof by the wind, snowflakes alight on Beth Durand's curly brown hair, and on the pale rounded swell of her cheeks.
- From here, looking back across the choppy river, there is the best view of Greenwich, with the twin halves of the Royal Naval College, and the green swell of Greenwich Park behind.
- The hill's lower slopes swell gradually to a gently rounded summit plateau, a bare, wind-scoured place that is haunted by the melancholic cry of the golden plover.
2A gradual increase in amount, intensity, or volume.
（声音，数量，强度）逐渐增长
a huge swell in the popularity of one-day cricket
一日板球赛越来越受到欢迎。
Example sentencesExamples
- He outlined the great swell of public support for a memorial as a fitting tribute to the contribution of the sisters.
- I don't think there was ever a broad swell of support for his campaign.
- He looked at her, dwarfed by the immense bed, and suddenly felt a huge swell of protectiveness overcome him.
- The huge swell in attendance for the events has led organiser Carmel Flahavan to appeal to parents to book early for the final month of the year.
- The polls indicate a swell of support for them in those outer suburban and regional electorates which went so solidly to Howard in the last election.
- If a huge swell of people come to him next election and say ‘we want you to run for mayor,’ he's human, so he may.
- There in no need to be anxious about a swell in the amount of bacteria either.
- Japan anticipates a huge swell of senior citizens in coming years.
- New employment opportunities lead to a swell of great economic growth within the city.
- While there are indications the formula may be changing, Eastman sees its patient loads increasing as the population swells while its funding fails to keep up.
- Against that, there is a big swell of support for Forsyth among the rank-and-file professionals on the Tour.
- Sure, profits shrank, but that was more than offset by huge swells in sales volumes as new customers were drawn in.
- The latest action follows a swell of support for the campaign from residents who are fed up with their address being classed as Sutton.
- Rather, the opinions on both sides were mindful of the potential swell of cases that could be brought by African-American motorists.
- Mr Smith said that, ironically, it was his book that created the swell of support that actually resulted in the Judge examining cases.
- ‘There has been a huge swell of goodwill for Tom in recent days,’ says Cllr.
- The majority of town councillors continue to express support for the project and this is extremely important at a stage when there is a huge swell of community support.
- They are also the ones who are gaining the most ground, as most recently evidenced by the swell of support for the late politician.
- Gawain Little, a 23-year-old teacher, believes there is still a steady swell of support.
- I am not convinced that there is ‘a huge swell of community support’ for the Riverbank project.
Synonyms
increase, rise, growth, expansion, escalation, acceleration, surge, stepping-up, proliferation, snowballing, mushrooming, skyrocketing
1. 2.1 A welling up of a feeling.
  感情的高涨
  a swell of pride swept over George
  一股自豪之情掠过了乔治的心头。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Maeve only looked at him; she felt anger, frustration, and sadness swell inside her at every second he didn't speak.
  In addition to the swell of pride going on in my head, I feel connected to nature.
  At once, realization hits him, and a dull fury swells within Cahill's chest.
  As we all join our voices in praise of Canada, I feel chills running down my back and my heart swells with patriotic love for my adopted country.
  If you are one, or identify with them, as this reviewer does, your chest swells with pride.
  Indeed the same communalists' heart swells with pride when remembering Swami Vivekananda's speeches to Americans about the glory of Vedantic thought.
  Tempers flare, pride swells, and soon they are divorced.
  No wonder my heart swells with pride to be an inheritor of this wonderful legacy.
  Jude angers swells once again, the frustration and irritation that is constantly present in a little box at the back of his mind.
  My skin still tingles at the memory and my heart swells with pride and love for my mom, though she's been long gone.
  As we near Lhasa, anticipation swells in all of us.
  Sometimes my heart swells with hope for the future.
  It was a powerful tale, and spun from the captivating silver-tongued artist who breathed life into its antique words, it brought deep, billowing swells of grief and joy to all who heard.
  So if my ego swells up to the point where it won't quite fit with me down here in my office, will someone please remind me of just how embarrassingly drunk I was at our 4th of July party?
  But if there were anything to force an uncommon swell of national pride through my cynical hairy chest, this would be it.
  I can only hope that the swell of pride that has risen in our country will continue to grow in the years to come.
  Sloan watched Elena feeling a swell of happiness in his heart.
  Even when I am typing this testimonial, my heart swells with so much adoration, love, pride, and joy for the Lord and His children.
  My heart swells with pride and love for those who have given up so much to make this world a better place.
  Both Freddy and Pharaon are, on several occasions, overwhelmed by swells of inarticulate rage.
3A slow, regular movement of the sea in rolling waves that do not break.
滚滚海浪；海面的缓慢起伏（有浪而无浪花）；浪涌
there was a heavy swell
海面上有很大的浪涌。
Example sentencesExamples
- Facing dangerous swells and harrowing rocks, Freeman maneuvered the Coast Guard vessel close enough to the disabled freighter to successfully help rescue all the crew.
- Wherever possible, he writes with a seaman's lingo of seaways, gunwales, swells and whitecaps.
- We watched swells break on the point and come around into the anchorage with curling graybeard tops.
- There was a heavy swell and they were caught by the tide. The small engine on the boat made little impact, and they drifted.
- An actual ocean wave is a superposition of various wind waves and swells.
- Annual competitions are held at this left break, where the north and south swells can stir up waves of ten feet and higher.
- During a major swell, surfable waves might break beyond the ends of the rocks.
- You don't smell the salt air of the ocean, feel the swell of the waves under your boat or the slipperiness of a freshly caught fish.
- As the yacht surged and rolled over the swell, every movement was magnified enormously at the top of the mast.
- This is an open bay with plenty of wind (Cabo de Vela means Cape Sail) but you are out of the swell in a good comfortable anchorage.
- The outer wall is now completed and offers good protection from northerly swells to those yachts anchored inside or even off the entrance.
- The pier barely damps the roll from the westerly swells that can march down Santa Barbara Channel on even the calmest days, and a southeasterly turns the anchorage into a vicious lee shore.
- Half way across, with surging swells and rolling seas, the bar was soon emptied and the deck railings were full of people bent over delivering their well-spent money into the ocean.
- The swells rolling onto the outer reef were bigger than hoped for, so we headed to a site inside the fringing reef, called Lion's Den.
- And since such vessels are not usually subjected to heavy swells and waves, the container stacks need not even be stowed in a secure cellular structure.
- But the Marshall islanders take little interest in those factors - what count instead are the shapes and orientations of the ocean swells that break around islands.
- The long swell that was breaking on the beach is barely noticeable.
- With airspeed picked up, the lumbering giant quit moving with the movement of the heavy swells and leaving one crest we ploughed into the next.
- The swell of the wave he caught was the biggest push of water I've ever seen ridden.
- Taylor said earlier that the rescuers had first reached the sinking yacht near Kei Mouth late yesterday afternoon, but by 8.45 pm had lost contact in heavy swells and fading light.
Synonyms
billow, billowing, undulation, surge, surging, wave, roll, rolling, bulge, bulging, rush, deluge, movement
4A mechanism for producing a crescendo or diminuendo in an organ or harmonium.
（管风琴、簧风琴的）音量调节器
Example sentencesExamples
- A lowly mixed stuttering guitar eeks out two short notes, only to be overtaken by an orchestral swell of repetitive notes.
- Most effective is the contrast created when Slean's piano-tinkling waltz-time verses bloom into symphonic swells of strings and timpani on the pop-smart choruses.
- Every big chorus kicks off with a raucous singalong or choir-like swells, and hearing everybody in the studio bellow together may be the best part of the album.
- Planted between chromatic saxophone swells, honeydew tongues of piano and eddying synth pulses, the childish coo of Caroline Lufkin discloses a fey, unabashed sentimentalism that is hard to dislike.
- Staring with ‘Rolls and Waves of Ignorance’, Herren produces a song based on a series of orchestral swells, a smooth saxophone, and a gently plucked bass.
- If the film-makers had toned down the swells of music, upped the humanity, and found a clear direction, it might have been a powerful film.
- Unwilling to merely deal the same strum-along hand, Pottsy turns his back to beat out tribal timpani to the swells of feedback and reverse guitar.
- And yet, in the final moments, we get a happy family reunion and a swell of music that suggests everything will turn out fine.
- Synth swells and distorted electric guitar combined with punchy kick drums frame a sumptuous female vocal loop to create one of THE tunes of the year so far.
- Traditionally, a musical climax is reached through the emotionally loaded swell of dynamics or harmonic resolution.
- Things pick up with a more pronounced drumbeat, the repetition of hi-hat, bass swells.
5dated, informal A fashionable or stylish person of wealth or high social position.
a crowd of city swells
一群城市名流。
Synonyms
fop, beau, man about town, bright young thing, glamour boy, rake

adjective swɛlswɛl

North American dated, informal

1Excellent; very good.
〈北美，非正式，旧〉第一流的；极好的
you're looking swell
你今天看起来非常精神。
Example sentencesExamples
- David is a swell multi-talented guy and it was a pleasure to finally meet him.
- Additionally, there's a swell new gallery of exploitation magazine covers, accompanied by a different set of radio rarities.
- I spent the weekend with Gene and Kindy in their swell new apartment.
- This is a swell sound bite that ignores the reality that someone must pay for the ads, phone banks, direct mail and Web sites.
Synonyms
excellent, marvellous, wonderful, splendid, magnificent, superb, first-rate
1. 1.1archaic Smart; fashionable.
  〈古〉漂亮的；时髦的
  a swell boulevard
  一条漂亮的林荫大道。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Throwbacks to a swell fashion trend of yesteryear, they spice up any pair of shoes, from ballet flats to mules or slinky stilettos.
  Synonyms
  smart, stylish, upmarket, fancy, high-class, fashionable, chic, luxurious, luxury, deluxe, exclusive, select, sumptuous, opulent, lavish, grand, rich, elegant, ornate, ostentatious, showy

adverbswɛlswɛl

North American dated, informal

Excellently; very well.
〈北美，非正式，旧〉第一流的；极好的
everything was just going swell
一切都进展得非常顺利。

Phrases

one's head swells

One becomes conceited.
自以为了不起，飘飘然
I am not saying this to make your head swell
我这样说不是为了让你感到飘飘然。
if I say this, you'll get swollen-headed
要是我这么说，你肯定会觉得自己了不起的。
Example sentencesExamples
- People get relaxed with their routines, they get lazy, and their head swells up since they're the one with all the information.
- Mike murmurs in agreement, and my head swells with ridiculously disproportionate pride.
- And I love Rufus and I am prepared to shout that from the rooftops as the orchestra in my head swells.

Origin

Old English swellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schwellen. Current senses of the noun date from the early 16th century; the informal adjectival use derives from noun sense 5 of the noun (late 18th century).

Rhymes

Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell

Definition of swell in US English:

swell

verbswelswɛl

[no object]

1(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.
（多指身体的一部分）肿胀
her bruised knee was already swelling up
她擦伤的膝盖已经肿起来了。
figurative the sky was black and swollen with rain
〈喻〉天空黑压压的就要下雨了。
swollen glands
肿胀的腺体。
Example sentencesExamples
- Rash, itching, body swelling, breathing difficulties, possible localised red itchy mouth and throat, and even collapse.
- As my body swelled, I thought I would die, but death did not come, so I continued to hunt and gather food.
- I'm tired of my legs swelling up after a day sitting behind the desk, and I'm tired of clothes feeling too tight.
- They'll swell with moisture and send out roots faster in the soil than ones planted dry.
- The liver, spleen and lymph glands can swell with leukemia cells.
- The symptoms vary and have included airways swelling up and attacks to both his liver and immune systems.
- So much was going on that his eyes flashed images and his body swelled with sweat, and he didn't care about what it was, but just about when he would see it.
- On returning home to write up my research, I fell victim to a throat infection which caused one of the glands in my throat to swell to massive size.
- In children, the abdomen can become swollen and bloated and medical attention should be sought urgently.
- Histamine is one of the body's signals that causes rashes, swelling, leakage of fluid from cells, and itching.
- First he went down with malaria, but later on due to lack of food his legs started swelling up.
- Your back aches to high heaven, your smell has turned a different kind of sour, you are hungry and the welts on your body are swelling as your pores open up again.
- Doctors say Hindley, 57, is suffering from a cerebral aneurysm caused by an artery swelling up at the base of the brain.
- They said this anti-inflammatory, called adiponectin, prevents arteries swelling up and becoming blocked.
- The lentils will swell with cooking so maybe add some more water if its looking a little dry.
- Some experience ankle or leg swelling because the excessive fluid from the blood cells accumulates there.
- He has kwashiorkor, which has left his limbs bloated and his belly swollen.
- She was suffering from frequent headaches, her eye was watering and swelling up.
- But trainer Todd Hutcheson says that may not be sufficient to prevent the knee from swelling up again when Gwynn resumes baseball activity.
- The only thing I managed to get out of the whole experience was a painful foot which is presently swelling up quite nicely, and a bruise on my bottom.
Synonyms
expand, bulge, distend, become distended, inflate, become inflated, dilate, become bloated, bloat, blow out, blow up, puff up, balloon, fatten, fill out, tumefy, intumesce
1. 1.1 Become or make greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume.
  （在强度，数目，数量，体积方面）逐渐扩大
  no object the murmur swelled to a roar
  窃窃私语的声音逐渐扩大形成一片喧哗。
  with object the city's population was swollen by refugees
  大量的难民使人口剧增。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Recent events have swelled both their ranks and the volume with which they proclaim their beliefs.
  If they aggressively cuts jobs, that would swell the ranks of the retirees with those fantastic benefits.
  Singapore's population was swollen by refugees, and two-fifths of the city's water had come in pipes from the mainland.
  The bill will climb even faster as seniors' ranks swell with aging baby boomers.
  Police in East Yorkshire are looking to swell their crime fighting ranks as they take part in a national drive to recruit special constables this weekend.
  Some 35,000 additional soldiers would swell the army's ranks.
  As more and more policemen and women swell the ranks of the Metro police, we have seen a steady improvement in law and by-law enforcement within the City.
  American exchanges have cheered the proposal, which will swell their ranks and pocketbooks.
  The ranks of female players swelled by a similar amount to 132, up from 116 earlier in the decade.
  Least of these is the assertion that, in using such aggressive tactics against the civil rights movement, the British government swelled the ranks of the IRA.
  Worse, it can cause call-center volumes to swell with callers looking not for products or services, but for technical support.
  The cash raised has swelled the amount to almost £39,000 realised over the nine years the competition has been played.
  With very few exceptions, however, Cabernet Sauvignon was left to command California's highest wine prices, Merlot to swell sales volumes.
  Every match requires an army of helpers to get the game on - and the Knights are looking for new volunteers to swell the ranks.
  Hundreds of thousands of refugees have swelled Monrovia's population to well over a million, scrabbling where they can for shelter and running short of food, water and medical supplies.
  Alienation among unemployed youths will swell the ranks of those vulnerable to terrorist recruitment.
  These bring an influx of travelling cod in to swell the ranks of any resident cod, plus the big fast tides will displace more food for the cod to eat and stir up some coloured water which cod feed best in.
  The village, its population swollen by refugees, had been thought safe by many local people.
  Like the Irish, Scots disproportionately volunteered to swell the ranks of the British army, but there were important differences.
  During most of the 18th century the forced enlistment of vagrants was also used to swell the ranks of the army.
  Synonyms
  grow larger, grow greater, grow, enlarge, increase, expand, rise, wax, mount, escalate, accelerate, step up, accumulate, surge, multiply, proliferate, snowball, mushroom, skyrocket
  make larger, make greater, enlarge, increase, increase in scope, increase in size, expand, augment, boost, top up, build up, accelerate, step up, multiply
  grow loud, grow louder, become louder, amplify, intensify, heighten
2. 1.2 Be intensely affected or filled with a particular emotion.
  （情绪）高涨，充满
  she felt herself swell with pride
  她感到心中一股自豪之情油然而生。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The old man seemed to swell with wrath and outrage.
  Robert explained, and I smiled inwardly to see the way his chest seemed to swell with his pride at having been made a partner in the firm and having been given such a responsibility.
  Logan felt his eyes swell with tears and knew he was failing in his strong appearance.
  Yet, when even first time acquaintances called him Veerappan, Bihari Lal would swell with importance.
  I try not to swell with pride, and just nod, but it's hard.
  Leóni seemed to swell with pride as he made this announcement.
  He could feel her eyes upon him from beneath her veil, forcing his heart to swell with the thought that she loved him enough to accept his marriage proposal.
  Anger filled me - swelling and spreading occupying every bit of my being.
  So while I can't say that I swell with national pride when I read this kind of thing, I wonder if it is actually quite unimportant?
  Then there is dowager Jodha Bai, stately, self-contained, but lording over her eyes which swell with more water than a cloudburst can contain.
  We watch strange moods fill our children, and our hearts swell with pain.
  I swell with pride at their excited, happy replies.
  They are volunteers who only do this once a year, so their chests swell with purpose.
  Her eyes began to swell with tears as she sat holding her head in her hands.
  All of this points towards The Alamo's greatest strength: If you are a Texan, you'll probably swell with pride at this film.
  Her heart swelled for some affection, but she eased herself so not to appear flamboyant.
  Suddenly, a question popped into her head that made her eyes swell with tears once more.
  Her heart seemed to swell with tears, but none cam though her eyes.
  Cut to close-up of red, corn-syrup-stained hand opening to reveal said coin as violins swell with sadness.
  ‘Oh, my,’ she said, looking at Ryan, he nodded and her eyes began to swell with tears.
  Synonyms
  be filled, be full of, be bursting, brim, overflow, be overcome

nounswelswɛl

1in singular A full or gently rounded shape or form.
凸起处；隆起处
the soft swell of her breast
她胸部的柔和隆起。
Example sentencesExamples
- Her gown cuts down so low behind her he can slip his hand beneath the silken material to cradle the soft swell of her buttocks.
- The hill's lower slopes swell gradually to a gently rounded summit plateau, a bare, wind-scoured place that is haunted by the melancholic cry of the golden plover.
- The sharp inward curve of the bow gives the back a lightbulb shape, and the extreme swell on the bamboo-turned legs quickly tapers to very narrow feet.
- Blown under the porch roof by the wind, snowflakes alight on Beth Durand's curly brown hair, and on the pale rounded swell of her cheeks.
- From here, looking back across the choppy river, there is the best view of Greenwich, with the twin halves of the Royal Naval College, and the green swell of Greenwich Park behind.
- He could make out the swell of her left breast, harbouring a half moon crescent of dancing light as she did so.
2A gradual increase in sound, amount, or intensity.
（声音，数量，强度）逐渐增长
there was a swell of support in favor of him
Example sentencesExamples
- They are also the ones who are gaining the most ground, as most recently evidenced by the swell of support for the late politician.
- I don't think there was ever a broad swell of support for his campaign.
- The huge swell in attendance for the events has led organiser Carmel Flahavan to appeal to parents to book early for the final month of the year.
- Rather, the opinions on both sides were mindful of the potential swell of cases that could be brought by African-American motorists.
- He outlined the great swell of public support for a memorial as a fitting tribute to the contribution of the sisters.
- The majority of town councillors continue to express support for the project and this is extremely important at a stage when there is a huge swell of community support.
- I am not convinced that there is ‘a huge swell of community support’ for the Riverbank project.
- The polls indicate a swell of support for them in those outer suburban and regional electorates which went so solidly to Howard in the last election.
- There in no need to be anxious about a swell in the amount of bacteria either.
- ‘There has been a huge swell of goodwill for Tom in recent days,’ says Cllr.
- While there are indications the formula may be changing, Eastman sees its patient loads increasing as the population swells while its funding fails to keep up.
- He looked at her, dwarfed by the immense bed, and suddenly felt a huge swell of protectiveness overcome him.
- New employment opportunities lead to a swell of great economic growth within the city.
- Japan anticipates a huge swell of senior citizens in coming years.
- If a huge swell of people come to him next election and say ‘we want you to run for mayor,’ he's human, so he may.
- Against that, there is a big swell of support for Forsyth among the rank-and-file professionals on the Tour.
- Gawain Little, a 23-year-old teacher, believes there is still a steady swell of support.
- The latest action follows a swell of support for the campaign from residents who are fed up with their address being classed as Sutton.
- Sure, profits shrank, but that was more than offset by huge swells in sales volumes as new customers were drawn in.
- Mr Smith said that, ironically, it was his book that created the swell of support that actually resulted in the Judge examining cases.
Synonyms
increase, rise, growth, expansion, escalation, acceleration, surge, stepping-up, proliferation, snowballing, mushrooming, skyrocketing
1. 2.1 A welling up of a feeling.
  感情的高涨
  a swell of pride swept over George
  一股自豪之情掠过了乔治的心头。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Tempers flare, pride swells, and soon they are divorced.
  As we all join our voices in praise of Canada, I feel chills running down my back and my heart swells with patriotic love for my adopted country.
  My heart swells with pride and love for those who have given up so much to make this world a better place.
  Even when I am typing this testimonial, my heart swells with so much adoration, love, pride, and joy for the Lord and His children.
  No wonder my heart swells with pride to be an inheritor of this wonderful legacy.
  As we near Lhasa, anticipation swells in all of us.
  My skin still tingles at the memory and my heart swells with pride and love for my mom, though she's been long gone.
  But if there were anything to force an uncommon swell of national pride through my cynical hairy chest, this would be it.
  Maeve only looked at him; she felt anger, frustration, and sadness swell inside her at every second he didn't speak.
  So if my ego swells up to the point where it won't quite fit with me down here in my office, will someone please remind me of just how embarrassingly drunk I was at our 4th of July party?
  If you are one, or identify with them, as this reviewer does, your chest swells with pride.
  Sloan watched Elena feeling a swell of happiness in his heart.
  Sometimes my heart swells with hope for the future.
  In addition to the swell of pride going on in my head, I feel connected to nature.
  It was a powerful tale, and spun from the captivating silver-tongued artist who breathed life into its antique words, it brought deep, billowing swells of grief and joy to all who heard.
  Jude angers swells once again, the frustration and irritation that is constantly present in a little box at the back of his mind.
  At once, realization hits him, and a dull fury swells within Cahill's chest.
  Both Freddy and Pharaon are, on several occasions, overwhelmed by swells of inarticulate rage.
  I can only hope that the swell of pride that has risen in our country will continue to grow in the years to come.
  Indeed the same communalists' heart swells with pride when remembering Swami Vivekananda's speeches to Americans about the glory of Vedantic thought.
3usually in singular A slow, regular movement of the sea in rolling waves that do not break.
滚滚海浪；海面的缓慢起伏（有浪而无浪花）；浪涌
there was a heavy swell
海面上有很大的浪涌。
Example sentencesExamples
- And since such vessels are not usually subjected to heavy swells and waves, the container stacks need not even be stowed in a secure cellular structure.
- The swells rolling onto the outer reef were bigger than hoped for, so we headed to a site inside the fringing reef, called Lion's Den.
- You don't smell the salt air of the ocean, feel the swell of the waves under your boat or the slipperiness of a freshly caught fish.
- Wherever possible, he writes with a seaman's lingo of seaways, gunwales, swells and whitecaps.
- The long swell that was breaking on the beach is barely noticeable.
- There was a heavy swell and they were caught by the tide. The small engine on the boat made little impact, and they drifted.
- This is an open bay with plenty of wind (Cabo de Vela means Cape Sail) but you are out of the swell in a good comfortable anchorage.
- The outer wall is now completed and offers good protection from northerly swells to those yachts anchored inside or even off the entrance.
- We watched swells break on the point and come around into the anchorage with curling graybeard tops.
- Annual competitions are held at this left break, where the north and south swells can stir up waves of ten feet and higher.
- But the Marshall islanders take little interest in those factors - what count instead are the shapes and orientations of the ocean swells that break around islands.
- With airspeed picked up, the lumbering giant quit moving with the movement of the heavy swells and leaving one crest we ploughed into the next.
- Facing dangerous swells and harrowing rocks, Freeman maneuvered the Coast Guard vessel close enough to the disabled freighter to successfully help rescue all the crew.
- The pier barely damps the roll from the westerly swells that can march down Santa Barbara Channel on even the calmest days, and a southeasterly turns the anchorage into a vicious lee shore.
- As the yacht surged and rolled over the swell, every movement was magnified enormously at the top of the mast.
- The swell of the wave he caught was the biggest push of water I've ever seen ridden.
- Taylor said earlier that the rescuers had first reached the sinking yacht near Kei Mouth late yesterday afternoon, but by 8.45 pm had lost contact in heavy swells and fading light.
- During a major swell, surfable waves might break beyond the ends of the rocks.
- An actual ocean wave is a superposition of various wind waves and swells.
- Half way across, with surging swells and rolling seas, the bar was soon emptied and the deck railings were full of people bent over delivering their well-spent money into the ocean.
Synonyms
billow, billowing, undulation, surge, surging, wave, roll, rolling, bulge, bulging, rush, deluge, movement
4A mechanism for producing a crescendo or diminuendo in an organ or harmonium.
（管风琴、簧风琴的）音量调节器
Example sentencesExamples
- A lowly mixed stuttering guitar eeks out two short notes, only to be overtaken by an orchestral swell of repetitive notes.
- If the film-makers had toned down the swells of music, upped the humanity, and found a clear direction, it might have been a powerful film.
- And yet, in the final moments, we get a happy family reunion and a swell of music that suggests everything will turn out fine.
- Planted between chromatic saxophone swells, honeydew tongues of piano and eddying synth pulses, the childish coo of Caroline Lufkin discloses a fey, unabashed sentimentalism that is hard to dislike.
- Most effective is the contrast created when Slean's piano-tinkling waltz-time verses bloom into symphonic swells of strings and timpani on the pop-smart choruses.
- Things pick up with a more pronounced drumbeat, the repetition of hi-hat, bass swells.
- Staring with ‘Rolls and Waves of Ignorance’, Herren produces a song based on a series of orchestral swells, a smooth saxophone, and a gently plucked bass.
- Traditionally, a musical climax is reached through the emotionally loaded swell of dynamics or harmonic resolution.
- Unwilling to merely deal the same strum-along hand, Pottsy turns his back to beat out tribal timpani to the swells of feedback and reverse guitar.
- Synth swells and distorted electric guitar combined with punchy kick drums frame a sumptuous female vocal loop to create one of THE tunes of the year so far.
- Every big chorus kicks off with a raucous singalong or choir-like swells, and hearing everybody in the studio bellow together may be the best part of the album.
5dated, informal A person of wealth or high social position, typically one perceived as fashionable or stylish.
〈非正式，旧〉（多指时髦有风度的）富人；头面人物
a crowd of city swells
一群城市名流。
Synonyms
fop, beau, man about town, bright young thing, glamour boy, rake

adjectiveswelswɛl

North American dated, informal

1Excellent; very good.
〈北美，非正式，旧〉第一流的；极好的
you're looking swell
你今天看起来非常精神。
Example sentencesExamples
- David is a swell multi-talented guy and it was a pleasure to finally meet him.
- I spent the weekend with Gene and Kindy in their swell new apartment.
- Additionally, there's a swell new gallery of exploitation magazine covers, accompanied by a different set of radio rarities.
- This is a swell sound bite that ignores the reality that someone must pay for the ads, phone banks, direct mail and Web sites.
Synonyms
excellent, marvellous, wonderful, splendid, magnificent, superb, first-rate
1. 1.1archaic Smart; fashionable.
  〈古〉漂亮的；时髦的
  a swell boulevard
  一条漂亮的林荫大道。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Throwbacks to a swell fashion trend of yesteryear, they spice up any pair of shoes, from ballet flats to mules or slinky stilettos.
  Synonyms
  smart, stylish, upmarket, fancy, high-class, fashionable, chic, luxurious, luxury, deluxe, exclusive, select, sumptuous, opulent, lavish, grand, rich, elegant, ornate, ostentatious, showy

adverbswelswɛl

North American dated, informal

Excellently; very well.
〈北美，非正式，旧〉第一流的；极好的
everything was just going swell
一切都进展得非常顺利。

Phrases

someone's head swells

Someone becomes conceited.
自以为了不起，飘飘然
I am not saying this to make your head swell
我这样说不是为了让你感到飘飘然。
if I say this, you'll get swollen-headed
要是我这么说，你肯定会觉得自己了不起的。
Example sentencesExamples
- And I love Rufus and I am prepared to shout that from the rooftops as the orchestra in my head swells.
- People get relaxed with their routines, they get lazy, and their head swells up since they're the one with all the information.
- Mike murmurs in agreement, and my head swells with ridiculously disproportionate pride.

Origin

Old English swellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schwellen. Current senses of the noun date from the early 16th century; the informal adjectival use derives from noun swell (sense 5 of the noun) (late 18th century).

词汇	swell
释义	Definition of swell in English: swell verbswelling, swelled, swollen, swells swɛlswɛl 1no object (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid. （多指身体的一部分）肿胀 her bruised knee was already swelling up 她擦伤的膝盖已经肿起来了。 figurative the sky was black and swollen with rain 〈喻〉天空黑压压的就要下雨了。 swollen glands 肿胀的腺体。 Example sentencesExamples The only thing I managed to get out of the whole experience was a painful foot which is presently swelling up quite nicely, and a bruise on my bottom. Some experience ankle or leg swelling because the excessive fluid from the blood cells accumulates there. Histamine is one of the body's signals that causes rashes, swelling, leakage of fluid from cells, and itching. But trainer Todd Hutcheson says that may not be sufficient to prevent the knee from swelling up again when Gwynn resumes baseball activity. She was suffering from frequent headaches, her eye was watering and swelling up. Your back aches to high heaven, your smell has turned a different kind of sour, you are hungry and the welts on your body are swelling as your pores open up again. He has kwashiorkor, which has left his limbs bloated and his belly swollen. So much was going on that his eyes flashed images and his body swelled with sweat, and he didn't care about what it was, but just about when he would see it. The lentils will swell with cooking so maybe add some more water if its looking a little dry. First he went down with malaria, but later on due to lack of food his legs started swelling up. I'm tired of my legs swelling up after a day sitting behind the desk, and I'm tired of clothes feeling too tight. On returning home to write up my research, I fell victim to a throat infection which caused one of the glands in my throat to swell to massive size. The symptoms vary and have included airways swelling up and attacks to both his liver and immune systems. They said this anti-inflammatory, called adiponectin, prevents arteries swelling up and becoming blocked. Doctors say Hindley, 57, is suffering from a cerebral aneurysm caused by an artery swelling up at the base of the brain. In children, the abdomen can become swollen and bloated and medical attention should be sought urgently. Rash, itching, body swelling, breathing difficulties, possible localised red itchy mouth and throat, and even collapse. As my body swelled, I thought I would die, but death did not come, so I continued to hunt and gather food. They'll swell with moisture and send out roots faster in the soil than ones planted dry. The liver, spleen and lymph glands can swell with leukemia cells. Synonyms expand, bulge, distend, become distended, inflate, become inflated, dilate, become bloated, bloat, blow up/out, puff up, balloon, fatten, fill out, tumefy, intumesce 1.1 Be intensely affected or filled with a particular emotion. （情绪）高涨，充满 she felt herself swell with pride 她感到心中一股自豪之情油然而生。 Example sentencesExamples Cut to close-up of red, corn-syrup-stained hand opening to reveal said coin as violins swell with sadness. Leóni seemed to swell with pride as he made this announcement. Yet, when even first time acquaintances called him Veerappan, Bihari Lal would swell with importance. Logan felt his eyes swell with tears and knew he was failing in his strong appearance. We watch strange moods fill our children, and our hearts swell with pain. They are volunteers who only do this once a year, so their chests swell with purpose. All of this points towards The Alamo's greatest strength: If you are a Texan, you'll probably swell with pride at this film. Her eyes began to swell with tears as she sat holding her head in her hands. ‘Oh, my,’ she said, looking at Ryan, he nodded and her eyes began to swell with tears. He could feel her eyes upon him from beneath her veil, forcing his heart to swell with the thought that she loved him enough to accept his marriage proposal. Her heart seemed to swell with tears, but none cam though her eyes. Then there is dowager Jodha Bai, stately, self-contained, but lording over her eyes which swell with more water than a cloudburst can contain. Robert explained, and I smiled inwardly to see the way his chest seemed to swell with his pride at having been made a partner in the firm and having been given such a responsibility. Her heart swelled for some affection, but she eased herself so not to appear flamboyant. Suddenly, a question popped into her head that made her eyes swell with tears once more. The old man seemed to swell with wrath and outrage. I try not to swell with pride, and just nod, but it's hard. Anger filled me - swelling and spreading occupying every bit of my being. I swell with pride at their excited, happy replies. So while I can't say that I swell with national pride when I read this kind of thing, I wonder if it is actually quite unimportant? Synonyms be filled, be full of, be bursting, brim, overflow, be overcome 2Become or make greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume. （在强度，数目，数量，体积方面）逐渐扩大 no object the low murmur swelled to a roar 窃窃私语的声音逐渐扩大形成一片喧哗。 with object the city's population was swollen by refugees 大量的难民使人口剧增。 Example sentencesExamples Least of these is the assertion that, in using such aggressive tactics against the civil rights movement, the British government swelled the ranks of the IRA. Recent events have swelled both their ranks and the volume with which they proclaim their beliefs. If they aggressively cuts jobs, that would swell the ranks of the retirees with those fantastic benefits. During most of the 18th century the forced enlistment of vagrants was also used to swell the ranks of the army. Like the Irish, Scots disproportionately volunteered to swell the ranks of the British army, but there were important differences. The bill will climb even faster as seniors' ranks swell with aging baby boomers. Police in East Yorkshire are looking to swell their crime fighting ranks as they take part in a national drive to recruit special constables this weekend. With very few exceptions, however, Cabernet Sauvignon was left to command California's highest wine prices, Merlot to swell sales volumes. Worse, it can cause call-center volumes to swell with callers looking not for products or services, but for technical support. The village, its population swollen by refugees, had been thought safe by many local people. Alienation among unemployed youths will swell the ranks of those vulnerable to terrorist recruitment. Every match requires an army of helpers to get the game on - and the Knights are looking for new volunteers to swell the ranks. These bring an influx of travelling cod in to swell the ranks of any resident cod, plus the big fast tides will displace more food for the cod to eat and stir up some coloured water which cod feed best in. Some 35,000 additional soldiers would swell the army's ranks. Singapore's population was swollen by refugees, and two-fifths of the city's water had come in pipes from the mainland. American exchanges have cheered the proposal, which will swell their ranks and pocketbooks. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have swelled Monrovia's population to well over a million, scrabbling where they can for shelter and running short of food, water and medical supplies. The ranks of female players swelled by a similar amount to 132, up from 116 earlier in the decade. As more and more policemen and women swell the ranks of the Metro police, we have seen a steady improvement in law and by-law enforcement within the City. The cash raised has swelled the amount to almost £39,000 realised over the nine years the competition has been played. Synonyms grow larger, grow greater, grow, enlarge, increase, expand, rise, wax, mount, escalate, accelerate, step up, accumulate, surge, multiply, proliferate, snowball, mushroom, skyrocket make larger, make greater, enlarge, increase, increase in size/scope, expand, augment, boost, top up, build up, accelerate, step up, multiply grow loud, grow louder, become louder, amplify, intensify, heighten nounPlural swells swɛlswɛl 1in singular A full or gently rounded shape or form. 凸起处；隆起处 the soft swell of her breast 她胸部的柔和隆起。 Example sentencesExamples The sharp inward curve of the bow gives the back a lightbulb shape, and the extreme swell on the bamboo-turned legs quickly tapers to very narrow feet. Her gown cuts down so low behind her he can slip his hand beneath the silken material to cradle the soft swell of her buttocks. He could make out the swell of her left breast, harbouring a half moon crescent of dancing light as she did so. Blown under the porch roof by the wind, snowflakes alight on Beth Durand's curly brown hair, and on the pale rounded swell of her cheeks. From here, looking back across the choppy river, there is the best view of Greenwich, with the twin halves of the Royal Naval College, and the green swell of Greenwich Park behind. The hill's lower slopes swell gradually to a gently rounded summit plateau, a bare, wind-scoured place that is haunted by the melancholic cry of the golden plover. 2A gradual increase in amount, intensity, or volume. （声音，数量，强度）逐渐增长 a huge swell in the popularity of one-day cricket 一日板球赛越来越受到欢迎。 Example sentencesExamples He outlined the great swell of public support for a memorial as a fitting tribute to the contribution of the sisters. I don't think there was ever a broad swell of support for his campaign. He looked at her, dwarfed by the immense bed, and suddenly felt a huge swell of protectiveness overcome him. The huge swell in attendance for the events has led organiser Carmel Flahavan to appeal to parents to book early for the final month of the year. The polls indicate a swell of support for them in those outer suburban and regional electorates which went so solidly to Howard in the last election. If a huge swell of people come to him next election and say ‘we want you to run for mayor,’ he's human, so he may. There in no need to be anxious about a swell in the amount of bacteria either. Japan anticipates a huge swell of senior citizens in coming years. New employment opportunities lead to a swell of great economic growth within the city. While there are indications the formula may be changing, Eastman sees its patient loads increasing as the population swells while its funding fails to keep up. Against that, there is a big swell of support for Forsyth among the rank-and-file professionals on the Tour. Sure, profits shrank, but that was more than offset by huge swells in sales volumes as new customers were drawn in. The latest action follows a swell of support for the campaign from residents who are fed up with their address being classed as Sutton. Rather, the opinions on both sides were mindful of the potential swell of cases that could be brought by African-American motorists. Mr Smith said that, ironically, it was his book that created the swell of support that actually resulted in the Judge examining cases. ‘There has been a huge swell of goodwill for Tom in recent days,’ says Cllr. The majority of town councillors continue to express support for the project and this is extremely important at a stage when there is a huge swell of community support. They are also the ones who are gaining the most ground, as most recently evidenced by the swell of support for the late politician. Gawain Little, a 23-year-old teacher, believes there is still a steady swell of support. I am not convinced that there is ‘a huge swell of community support’ for the Riverbank project. Synonyms increase, rise, growth, expansion, escalation, acceleration, surge, stepping-up, proliferation, snowballing, mushrooming, skyrocketing 2.1 A welling up of a feeling. 感情的高涨 a swell of pride swept over George 一股自豪之情掠过了乔治的心头。 Example sentencesExamples Maeve only looked at him; she felt anger, frustration, and sadness swell inside her at every second he didn't speak. In addition to the swell of pride going on in my head, I feel connected to nature. At once, realization hits him, and a dull fury swells within Cahill's chest. As we all join our voices in praise of Canada, I feel chills running down my back and my heart swells with patriotic love for my adopted country. If you are one, or identify with them, as this reviewer does, your chest swells with pride. Indeed the same communalists' heart swells with pride when remembering Swami Vivekananda's speeches to Americans about the glory of Vedantic thought. Tempers flare, pride swells, and soon they are divorced. No wonder my heart swells with pride to be an inheritor of this wonderful legacy. Jude angers swells once again, the frustration and irritation that is constantly present in a little box at the back of his mind. My skin still tingles at the memory and my heart swells with pride and love for my mom, though she's been long gone. As we near Lhasa, anticipation swells in all of us. Sometimes my heart swells with hope for the future. It was a powerful tale, and spun from the captivating silver-tongued artist who breathed life into its antique words, it brought deep, billowing swells of grief and joy to all who heard. So if my ego swells up to the point where it won't quite fit with me down here in my office, will someone please remind me of just how embarrassingly drunk I was at our 4th of July party? But if there were anything to force an uncommon swell of national pride through my cynical hairy chest, this would be it. I can only hope that the swell of pride that has risen in our country will continue to grow in the years to come. Sloan watched Elena feeling a swell of happiness in his heart. Even when I am typing this testimonial, my heart swells with so much adoration, love, pride, and joy for the Lord and His children. My heart swells with pride and love for those who have given up so much to make this world a better place. Both Freddy and Pharaon are, on several occasions, overwhelmed by swells of inarticulate rage. 3A slow, regular movement of the sea in rolling waves that do not break. 滚滚海浪；海面的缓慢起伏（有浪而无浪花）；浪涌 there was a heavy swell 海面上有很大的浪涌。 Example sentencesExamples Facing dangerous swells and harrowing rocks, Freeman maneuvered the Coast Guard vessel close enough to the disabled freighter to successfully help rescue all the crew. Wherever possible, he writes with a seaman's lingo of seaways, gunwales, swells and whitecaps. We watched swells break on the point and come around into the anchorage with curling graybeard tops. There was a heavy swell and they were caught by the tide. The small engine on the boat made little impact, and they drifted. An actual ocean wave is a superposition of various wind waves and swells. Annual competitions are held at this left break, where the north and south swells can stir up waves of ten feet and higher. During a major swell, surfable waves might break beyond the ends of the rocks. You don't smell the salt air of the ocean, feel the swell of the waves under your boat or the slipperiness of a freshly caught fish. As the yacht surged and rolled over the swell, every movement was magnified enormously at the top of the mast. This is an open bay with plenty of wind (Cabo de Vela means Cape Sail) but you are out of the swell in a good comfortable anchorage. The outer wall is now completed and offers good protection from northerly swells to those yachts anchored inside or even off the entrance. The pier barely damps the roll from the westerly swells that can march down Santa Barbara Channel on even the calmest days, and a southeasterly turns the anchorage into a vicious lee shore. Half way across, with surging swells and rolling seas, the bar was soon emptied and the deck railings were full of people bent over delivering their well-spent money into the ocean. The swells rolling onto the outer reef were bigger than hoped for, so we headed to a site inside the fringing reef, called Lion's Den. And since such vessels are not usually subjected to heavy swells and waves, the container stacks need not even be stowed in a secure cellular structure. But the Marshall islanders take little interest in those factors - what count instead are the shapes and orientations of the ocean swells that break around islands. The long swell that was breaking on the beach is barely noticeable. With airspeed picked up, the lumbering giant quit moving with the movement of the heavy swells and leaving one crest we ploughed into the next. The swell of the wave he caught was the biggest push of water I've ever seen ridden. Taylor said earlier that the rescuers had first reached the sinking yacht near Kei Mouth late yesterday afternoon, but by 8.45 pm had lost contact in heavy swells and fading light. Synonyms billow, billowing, undulation, surge, surging, wave, roll, rolling, bulge, bulging, rush, deluge, movement 4A mechanism for producing a crescendo or diminuendo in an organ or harmonium. （管风琴、簧风琴的）音量调节器 Example sentencesExamples A lowly mixed stuttering guitar eeks out two short notes, only to be overtaken by an orchestral swell of repetitive notes. Most effective is the contrast created when Slean's piano-tinkling waltz-time verses bloom into symphonic swells of strings and timpani on the pop-smart choruses. Every big chorus kicks off with a raucous singalong or choir-like swells, and hearing everybody in the studio bellow together may be the best part of the album. Planted between chromatic saxophone swells, honeydew tongues of piano and eddying synth pulses, the childish coo of Caroline Lufkin discloses a fey, unabashed sentimentalism that is hard to dislike. Staring with ‘Rolls and Waves of Ignorance’, Herren produces a song based on a series of orchestral swells, a smooth saxophone, and a gently plucked bass. If the film-makers had toned down the swells of music, upped the humanity, and found a clear direction, it might have been a powerful film. Unwilling to merely deal the same strum-along hand, Pottsy turns his back to beat out tribal timpani to the swells of feedback and reverse guitar. And yet, in the final moments, we get a happy family reunion and a swell of music that suggests everything will turn out fine. Synth swells and distorted electric guitar combined with punchy kick drums frame a sumptuous female vocal loop to create one of THE tunes of the year so far. Traditionally, a musical climax is reached through the emotionally loaded swell of dynamics or harmonic resolution. Things pick up with a more pronounced drumbeat, the repetition of hi-hat, bass swells. 5dated, informal A fashionable or stylish person of wealth or high social position. a crowd of city swells 一群城市名流。 Synonyms fop, beau, man about town, bright young thing, glamour boy, rake adjective swɛlswɛl North American dated, informal 1Excellent; very good. 〈北美，非正式，旧〉第一流的；极好的 you're looking swell 你今天看起来非常精神。 Example sentencesExamples David is a swell multi-talented guy and it was a pleasure to finally meet him. Additionally, there's a swell new gallery of exploitation magazine covers, accompanied by a different set of radio rarities. I spent the weekend with Gene and Kindy in their swell new apartment. This is a swell sound bite that ignores the reality that someone must pay for the ads, phone banks, direct mail and Web sites. Synonyms excellent, marvellous, wonderful, splendid, magnificent, superb, first-rate 1.1archaic Smart; fashionable. 〈古〉漂亮的；时髦的 a swell boulevard 一条漂亮的林荫大道。 Example sentencesExamples Throwbacks to a swell fashion trend of yesteryear, they spice up any pair of shoes, from ballet flats to mules or slinky stilettos. Synonyms smart, stylish, upmarket, fancy, high-class, fashionable, chic, luxurious, luxury, deluxe, exclusive, select, sumptuous, opulent, lavish, grand, rich, elegant, ornate, ostentatious, showy adverbswɛlswɛl North American dated, informal Excellently; very well. 〈北美，非正式，旧〉第一流的；极好的 everything was just going swell 一切都进展得非常顺利。 Phrases one's head swells One becomes conceited. 自以为了不起，飘飘然 I am not saying this to make your head swell 我这样说不是为了让你感到飘飘然。 if I say this, you'll get swollen-headed 要是我这么说，你肯定会觉得自己了不起的。 Example sentencesExamples People get relaxed with their routines, they get lazy, and their head swells up since they're the one with all the information. Mike murmurs in agreement, and my head swells with ridiculously disproportionate pride. And I love Rufus and I am prepared to shout that from the rooftops as the orchestra in my head swells. Origin Old English swellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schwellen. Current senses of the noun date from the early 16th century; the informal adjectival use derives from noun sense 5 of the noun (late 18th century). Rhymes Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell verb.1 phr. Definition of swell in US English: swell verbswelswɛl [no object] 1(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid. （多指身体的一部分）肿胀 her bruised knee was already swelling up 她擦伤的膝盖已经肿起来了。 figurative the sky was black and swollen with rain 〈喻〉天空黑压压的就要下雨了。 swollen glands 肿胀的腺体。 Example sentencesExamples Rash, itching, body swelling, breathing difficulties, possible localised red itchy mouth and throat, and even collapse. As my body swelled, I thought I would die, but death did not come, so I continued to hunt and gather food. I'm tired of my legs swelling up after a day sitting behind the desk, and I'm tired of clothes feeling too tight. They'll swell with moisture and send out roots faster in the soil than ones planted dry. The liver, spleen and lymph glands can swell with leukemia cells. The symptoms vary and have included airways swelling up and attacks to both his liver and immune systems. So much was going on that his eyes flashed images and his body swelled with sweat, and he didn't care about what it was, but just about when he would see it. On returning home to write up my research, I fell victim to a throat infection which caused one of the glands in my throat to swell to massive size. In children, the abdomen can become swollen and bloated and medical attention should be sought urgently. Histamine is one of the body's signals that causes rashes, swelling, leakage of fluid from cells, and itching. First he went down with malaria, but later on due to lack of food his legs started swelling up. Your back aches to high heaven, your smell has turned a different kind of sour, you are hungry and the welts on your body are swelling as your pores open up again. Doctors say Hindley, 57, is suffering from a cerebral aneurysm caused by an artery swelling up at the base of the brain. They said this anti-inflammatory, called adiponectin, prevents arteries swelling up and becoming blocked. The lentils will swell with cooking so maybe add some more water if its looking a little dry. Some experience ankle or leg swelling because the excessive fluid from the blood cells accumulates there. He has kwashiorkor, which has left his limbs bloated and his belly swollen. She was suffering from frequent headaches, her eye was watering and swelling up. But trainer Todd Hutcheson says that may not be sufficient to prevent the knee from swelling up again when Gwynn resumes baseball activity. The only thing I managed to get out of the whole experience was a painful foot which is presently swelling up quite nicely, and a bruise on my bottom. Synonyms expand, bulge, distend, become distended, inflate, become inflated, dilate, become bloated, bloat, blow out, blow up, puff up, balloon, fatten, fill out, tumefy, intumesce 1.1 Become or make greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume. （在强度，数目，数量，体积方面）逐渐扩大 no object the murmur swelled to a roar 窃窃私语的声音逐渐扩大形成一片喧哗。 with object the city's population was swollen by refugees 大量的难民使人口剧增。 Example sentencesExamples Recent events have swelled both their ranks and the volume with which they proclaim their beliefs. If they aggressively cuts jobs, that would swell the ranks of the retirees with those fantastic benefits. Singapore's population was swollen by refugees, and two-fifths of the city's water had come in pipes from the mainland. The bill will climb even faster as seniors' ranks swell with aging baby boomers. Police in East Yorkshire are looking to swell their crime fighting ranks as they take part in a national drive to recruit special constables this weekend. Some 35,000 additional soldiers would swell the army's ranks. As more and more policemen and women swell the ranks of the Metro police, we have seen a steady improvement in law and by-law enforcement within the City. American exchanges have cheered the proposal, which will swell their ranks and pocketbooks. The ranks of female players swelled by a similar amount to 132, up from 116 earlier in the decade. Least of these is the assertion that, in using such aggressive tactics against the civil rights movement, the British government swelled the ranks of the IRA. Worse, it can cause call-center volumes to swell with callers looking not for products or services, but for technical support. The cash raised has swelled the amount to almost £39,000 realised over the nine years the competition has been played. With very few exceptions, however, Cabernet Sauvignon was left to command California's highest wine prices, Merlot to swell sales volumes. Every match requires an army of helpers to get the game on - and the Knights are looking for new volunteers to swell the ranks. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have swelled Monrovia's population to well over a million, scrabbling where they can for shelter and running short of food, water and medical supplies. Alienation among unemployed youths will swell the ranks of those vulnerable to terrorist recruitment. These bring an influx of travelling cod in to swell the ranks of any resident cod, plus the big fast tides will displace more food for the cod to eat and stir up some coloured water which cod feed best in. The village, its population swollen by refugees, had been thought safe by many local people. Like the Irish, Scots disproportionately volunteered to swell the ranks of the British army, but there were important differences. During most of the 18th century the forced enlistment of vagrants was also used to swell the ranks of the army. Synonyms grow larger, grow greater, grow, enlarge, increase, expand, rise, wax, mount, escalate, accelerate, step up, accumulate, surge, multiply, proliferate, snowball, mushroom, skyrocket make larger, make greater, enlarge, increase, increase in scope, increase in size, expand, augment, boost, top up, build up, accelerate, step up, multiply grow loud, grow louder, become louder, amplify, intensify, heighten 1.2 Be intensely affected or filled with a particular emotion. （情绪）高涨，充满 she felt herself swell with pride 她感到心中一股自豪之情油然而生。 Example sentencesExamples The old man seemed to swell with wrath and outrage. Robert explained, and I smiled inwardly to see the way his chest seemed to swell with his pride at having been made a partner in the firm and having been given such a responsibility. Logan felt his eyes swell with tears and knew he was failing in his strong appearance. Yet, when even first time acquaintances called him Veerappan, Bihari Lal would swell with importance. I try not to swell with pride, and just nod, but it's hard. Leóni seemed to swell with pride as he made this announcement. He could feel her eyes upon him from beneath her veil, forcing his heart to swell with the thought that she loved him enough to accept his marriage proposal. Anger filled me - swelling and spreading occupying every bit of my being. So while I can't say that I swell with national pride when I read this kind of thing, I wonder if it is actually quite unimportant? Then there is dowager Jodha Bai, stately, self-contained, but lording over her eyes which swell with more water than a cloudburst can contain. We watch strange moods fill our children, and our hearts swell with pain. I swell with pride at their excited, happy replies. They are volunteers who only do this once a year, so their chests swell with purpose. Her eyes began to swell with tears as she sat holding her head in her hands. All of this points towards The Alamo's greatest strength: If you are a Texan, you'll probably swell with pride at this film. Her heart swelled for some affection, but she eased herself so not to appear flamboyant. Suddenly, a question popped into her head that made her eyes swell with tears once more. Her heart seemed to swell with tears, but none cam though her eyes. Cut to close-up of red, corn-syrup-stained hand opening to reveal said coin as violins swell with sadness. ‘Oh, my,’ she said, looking at Ryan, he nodded and her eyes began to swell with tears. Synonyms be filled, be full of, be bursting, brim, overflow, be overcome nounswelswɛl 1in singular A full or gently rounded shape or form. 凸起处；隆起处 the soft swell of her breast 她胸部的柔和隆起。 Example sentencesExamples Her gown cuts down so low behind her he can slip his hand beneath the silken material to cradle the soft swell of her buttocks. The hill's lower slopes swell gradually to a gently rounded summit plateau, a bare, wind-scoured place that is haunted by the melancholic cry of the golden plover. The sharp inward curve of the bow gives the back a lightbulb shape, and the extreme swell on the bamboo-turned legs quickly tapers to very narrow feet. Blown under the porch roof by the wind, snowflakes alight on Beth Durand's curly brown hair, and on the pale rounded swell of her cheeks. From here, looking back across the choppy river, there is the best view of Greenwich, with the twin halves of the Royal Naval College, and the green swell of Greenwich Park behind. He could make out the swell of her left breast, harbouring a half moon crescent of dancing light as she did so. 2A gradual increase in sound, amount, or intensity. （声音，数量，强度）逐渐增长 there was a swell of support in favor of him Example sentencesExamples They are also the ones who are gaining the most ground, as most recently evidenced by the swell of support for the late politician. I don't think there was ever a broad swell of support for his campaign. The huge swell in attendance for the events has led organiser Carmel Flahavan to appeal to parents to book early for the final month of the year. Rather, the opinions on both sides were mindful of the potential swell of cases that could be brought by African-American motorists. He outlined the great swell of public support for a memorial as a fitting tribute to the contribution of the sisters. The majority of town councillors continue to express support for the project and this is extremely important at a stage when there is a huge swell of community support. I am not convinced that there is ‘a huge swell of community support’ for the Riverbank project. The polls indicate a swell of support for them in those outer suburban and regional electorates which went so solidly to Howard in the last election. There in no need to be anxious about a swell in the amount of bacteria either. ‘There has been a huge swell of goodwill for Tom in recent days,’ says Cllr. While there are indications the formula may be changing, Eastman sees its patient loads increasing as the population swells while its funding fails to keep up. He looked at her, dwarfed by the immense bed, and suddenly felt a huge swell of protectiveness overcome him. New employment opportunities lead to a swell of great economic growth within the city. Japan anticipates a huge swell of senior citizens in coming years. If a huge swell of people come to him next election and say ‘we want you to run for mayor,’ he's human, so he may. Against that, there is a big swell of support for Forsyth among the rank-and-file professionals on the Tour. Gawain Little, a 23-year-old teacher, believes there is still a steady swell of support. The latest action follows a swell of support for the campaign from residents who are fed up with their address being classed as Sutton. Sure, profits shrank, but that was more than offset by huge swells in sales volumes as new customers were drawn in. Mr Smith said that, ironically, it was his book that created the swell of support that actually resulted in the Judge examining cases. Synonyms increase, rise, growth, expansion, escalation, acceleration, surge, stepping-up, proliferation, snowballing, mushrooming, skyrocketing 2.1 A welling up of a feeling. 感情的高涨 a swell of pride swept over George 一股自豪之情掠过了乔治的心头。 Example sentencesExamples Tempers flare, pride swells, and soon they are divorced. As we all join our voices in praise of Canada, I feel chills running down my back and my heart swells with patriotic love for my adopted country. My heart swells with pride and love for those who have given up so much to make this world a better place. Even when I am typing this testimonial, my heart swells with so much adoration, love, pride, and joy for the Lord and His children. No wonder my heart swells with pride to be an inheritor of this wonderful legacy. As we near Lhasa, anticipation swells in all of us. My skin still tingles at the memory and my heart swells with pride and love for my mom, though she's been long gone. But if there were anything to force an uncommon swell of national pride through my cynical hairy chest, this would be it. Maeve only looked at him; she felt anger, frustration, and sadness swell inside her at every second he didn't speak. So if my ego swells up to the point where it won't quite fit with me down here in my office, will someone please remind me of just how embarrassingly drunk I was at our 4th of July party? If you are one, or identify with them, as this reviewer does, your chest swells with pride. Sloan watched Elena feeling a swell of happiness in his heart. Sometimes my heart swells with hope for the future. In addition to the swell of pride going on in my head, I feel connected to nature. It was a powerful tale, and spun from the captivating silver-tongued artist who breathed life into its antique words, it brought deep, billowing swells of grief and joy to all who heard. Jude angers swells once again, the frustration and irritation that is constantly present in a little box at the back of his mind. At once, realization hits him, and a dull fury swells within Cahill's chest. Both Freddy and Pharaon are, on several occasions, overwhelmed by swells of inarticulate rage. I can only hope that the swell of pride that has risen in our country will continue to grow in the years to come. Indeed the same communalists' heart swells with pride when remembering Swami Vivekananda's speeches to Americans about the glory of Vedantic thought. 3usually in singular A slow, regular movement of the sea in rolling waves that do not break. 滚滚海浪；海面的缓慢起伏（有浪而无浪花）；浪涌 there was a heavy swell 海面上有很大的浪涌。 Example sentencesExamples And since such vessels are not usually subjected to heavy swells and waves, the container stacks need not even be stowed in a secure cellular structure. The swells rolling onto the outer reef were bigger than hoped for, so we headed to a site inside the fringing reef, called Lion's Den. You don't smell the salt air of the ocean, feel the swell of the waves under your boat or the slipperiness of a freshly caught fish. Wherever possible, he writes with a seaman's lingo of seaways, gunwales, swells and whitecaps. The long swell that was breaking on the beach is barely noticeable. There was a heavy swell and they were caught by the tide. The small engine on the boat made little impact, and they drifted. This is an open bay with plenty of wind (Cabo de Vela means Cape Sail) but you are out of the swell in a good comfortable anchorage. The outer wall is now completed and offers good protection from northerly swells to those yachts anchored inside or even off the entrance. We watched swells break on the point and come around into the anchorage with curling graybeard tops. Annual competitions are held at this left break, where the north and south swells can stir up waves of ten feet and higher. But the Marshall islanders take little interest in those factors - what count instead are the shapes and orientations of the ocean swells that break around islands. With airspeed picked up, the lumbering giant quit moving with the movement of the heavy swells and leaving one crest we ploughed into the next. Facing dangerous swells and harrowing rocks, Freeman maneuvered the Coast Guard vessel close enough to the disabled freighter to successfully help rescue all the crew. The pier barely damps the roll from the westerly swells that can march down Santa Barbara Channel on even the calmest days, and a southeasterly turns the anchorage into a vicious lee shore. As the yacht surged and rolled over the swell, every movement was magnified enormously at the top of the mast. The swell of the wave he caught was the biggest push of water I've ever seen ridden. Taylor said earlier that the rescuers had first reached the sinking yacht near Kei Mouth late yesterday afternoon, but by 8.45 pm had lost contact in heavy swells and fading light. During a major swell, surfable waves might break beyond the ends of the rocks. An actual ocean wave is a superposition of various wind waves and swells. Half way across, with surging swells and rolling seas, the bar was soon emptied and the deck railings were full of people bent over delivering their well-spent money into the ocean. Synonyms billow, billowing, undulation, surge, surging, wave, roll, rolling, bulge, bulging, rush, deluge, movement 4A mechanism for producing a crescendo or diminuendo in an organ or harmonium. （管风琴、簧风琴的）音量调节器 Example sentencesExamples A lowly mixed stuttering guitar eeks out two short notes, only to be overtaken by an orchestral swell of repetitive notes. If the film-makers had toned down the swells of music, upped the humanity, and found a clear direction, it might have been a powerful film. And yet, in the final moments, we get a happy family reunion and a swell of music that suggests everything will turn out fine. Planted between chromatic saxophone swells, honeydew tongues of piano and eddying synth pulses, the childish coo of Caroline Lufkin discloses a fey, unabashed sentimentalism that is hard to dislike. Most effective is the contrast created when Slean's piano-tinkling waltz-time verses bloom into symphonic swells of strings and timpani on the pop-smart choruses. Things pick up with a more pronounced drumbeat, the repetition of hi-hat, bass swells. Staring with ‘Rolls and Waves of Ignorance’, Herren produces a song based on a series of orchestral swells, a smooth saxophone, and a gently plucked bass. Traditionally, a musical climax is reached through the emotionally loaded swell of dynamics or harmonic resolution. Unwilling to merely deal the same strum-along hand, Pottsy turns his back to beat out tribal timpani to the swells of feedback and reverse guitar. Synth swells and distorted electric guitar combined with punchy kick drums frame a sumptuous female vocal loop to create one of THE tunes of the year so far. Every big chorus kicks off with a raucous singalong or choir-like swells, and hearing everybody in the studio bellow together may be the best part of the album. 5dated, informal A person of wealth or high social position, typically one perceived as fashionable or stylish. 〈非正式，旧〉（多指时髦有风度的）富人；头面人物 a crowd of city swells 一群城市名流。 Synonyms fop, beau, man about town, bright young thing, glamour boy, rake adjectiveswelswɛl North American dated, informal 1Excellent; very good. 〈北美，非正式，旧〉第一流的；极好的 you're looking swell 你今天看起来非常精神。 Example sentencesExamples David is a swell multi-talented guy and it was a pleasure to finally meet him. I spent the weekend with Gene and Kindy in their swell new apartment. Additionally, there's a swell new gallery of exploitation magazine covers, accompanied by a different set of radio rarities. This is a swell sound bite that ignores the reality that someone must pay for the ads, phone banks, direct mail and Web sites. Synonyms excellent, marvellous, wonderful, splendid, magnificent, superb, first-rate 1.1archaic Smart; fashionable. 〈古〉漂亮的；时髦的 a swell boulevard 一条漂亮的林荫大道。 Example sentencesExamples Throwbacks to a swell fashion trend of yesteryear, they spice up any pair of shoes, from ballet flats to mules or slinky stilettos. Synonyms smart, stylish, upmarket, fancy, high-class, fashionable, chic, luxurious, luxury, deluxe, exclusive, select, sumptuous, opulent, lavish, grand, rich, elegant, ornate, ostentatious, showy adverbswelswɛl North American dated, informal Excellently; very well. 〈北美，非正式，旧〉第一流的；极好的 everything was just going swell 一切都进展得非常顺利。 Phrases someone's head swells Someone becomes conceited. 自以为了不起，飘飘然 I am not saying this to make your head swell 我这样说不是为了让你感到飘飘然。 if I say this, you'll get swollen-headed 要是我这么说，你肯定会觉得自己了不起的。 Example sentencesExamples And I love Rufus and I am prepared to shout that from the rooftops as the orchestra in my head swells. People get relaxed with their routines, they get lazy, and their head swells up since they're the one with all the information. Mike murmurs in agreement, and my head swells with ridiculously disproportionate pride. Origin Old English swellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schwellen. Current senses of the noun date from the early 16th century; the informal adjectival use derives from noun swell (sense 5 of the noun) (late 18th century). verb.1 phr.
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