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

• These white blood cells then multiply, and cause the lymph glands to swell up and become painful.
  这些白血细胞，然后繁殖，并造成淋巴腺红肿，并成为痛苦的。
• The heat of the fire would make the goose's feet swell up, and the blood would run into its feet as the goose was cooked to death.
  火的热量让鹅掌渐渐肿胀，血都涌进它的脚掌里，鹅就这样活活地被烤死了。
• And that makes him swell up with pride.
  这使他傲气十足。
• Everyone keep an eye on Howard in case he starts to swell up.
  大家都注意着点儿Howard，以防他突然肿起来。
• 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。
• Tom had a fall and his under lip began to swell up.
  汤姆跌了一跤，下唇开始肿起。
• Each C Lyra sponge also has an egg development area around the mid-point of the branches, and when the spermatophores make contact, these areas swell up as the eggs are fertilised and begin to mature.
  每个竖琴海绵，在大概分支中间的区域，有一个繁殖区域，当小精液包与竖琴卵子接触受精后，这个区域便胀起直到受精卵成熟。
• The grains of rice swell up as they absorbwater.
  米粒吸水时会膨胀。
• 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。