billow
英 ['bɪləʊ]
美 ['bɪlo]
- n. 巨浪
- vi. 翻腾
- vt. 使翻腾
- n. (Billow)人名；(瑞典)比洛
助记提示
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。
中文词源
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.
- 一张张白帆随着微风舞动。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. An angry billow almost swallowed that ship.
- 怒涛几乎吞没了那条船.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
来自辞典例句
- 4. He exhaled a billow of cigar smoke.
- 他吐出一股雪茄烟.
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句