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

• Edward still smiling so beautifully that my heart felt like it was going to swell up and burst through my chest put his arm around my shoulder and turned to face my grandmother.
  爱德华，仍然如此美妙地微笑着，以至于我感觉心会突然从胸部跳出来，把他的手臂放在我的肩膀上，转头面对我的姥姥。
• Another itchy bite will soon swell up.
  另外一个蚊子包很快就会肿起来。
• His hands swell up whenever we fly.
  每次飞行他的手都会肿。
• 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。
• Did you know that during pregnancy, your fingers can swell up to twice their size and never go back?
  你知道怀孕期间，你的手指会肿成原来两倍粗，并且不会再缩小？
• 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。
• Many cat lovers live with a dilemma: they want to pick up the animals and hold them close, but if they do, their eyes will swell up and they'll start sneezing.
  很多爱猫人都面临着进退两难的境地：他们想抱起猫咪紧紧搂着它们，但如果这样做的话，他们的眼睛就会肿起来，而且开始打喷嚏。
• 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。
• In about four per cent of cases, the parasite makes patients'legs and, in men, their scrotum swell up greatly.
  在大约4%的病例中，这种寄生虫让患者的腿如果是男性患者，还包括他们的阴囊严重肿大。