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billow

/bil-oh/US // ˈbɪl oʊ //UK // (ˈbɪləʊ) //

大浪,大浪淘沙,波浪,波涛汹涌

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a great wave or surge of the sea.
    • : any surging mass: billows of smoke.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to rise or roll in or like billows; surge.
    • : to swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind: flags billowing in the breeze.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make rise, surge, swell, or the like: A sudden wind billowed the tent alarmingly.

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Examples

  • Then, the trooper drives into her car — and it crashes upside down in a billow of smoke.

  • Ladder 118 looks small on the Brooklyn Bridge; in the foreground both towers billow soot.

  • The wave—a billow broken to atoms, yet still retaining all its weight and motive force—overwhelmed the boat and passed on.

  • Like the surging of an ocean billow, it seemed to sweep over her; and then suddenly she screamed, and sank back upon the pillow.

  • Death rode those cold waters, and every billow was a yawning grave.

  • It came up like a sonorous billow, swelling as it advanced, and becoming more and more distinct.

  • The schooner washed her nose in a curving billow that came inboard and swept aft.