Word · Frequency #15929
billowing
翻腾；汹涌；滚滚上升
billowing is the present participle of billow.
To rise, surge, or roll in a wave-like mass.
- 1.
To surge or roll in billows.
汹涌翻腾；如波浪般起伏。
- 2.
To swell out or bulge.
鼓起；膨胀。
- 3.
rise up as if in waves
如波浪般升起
- 4.
move with great difficulty
艰难地移动
鼓起；膨胀；艰难地移动；费力地移动；汹涌翻腾；如波浪般起伏。；鼓起；膨胀。；如波浪般升起
In use
The smoke from the campfire billowed into the sky.
The flags billowed in the strong wind.
The curtains billow when the window is open.
smoke billowed up into the sky
The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed
Verb forms
base billow · third person billows · -ing billowing · past billowed · past participle billowed
表示如波浪般起伏或移动
Connections
Collocations
- billow smoke
- 浓烟滚滚
- Thick smoke billowed from the burning building.浓烟从燃烧的大楼滚滚升起。
- billowing clouds
- 翻涌的云层
- Billowing clouds filled the sky before the storm.暴风雨来临前，翻涌的云层布满了天空。
- sails billow
- 船帆鼓起
- The sails billowed in the strong wind.船帆在强风中鼓了起来。
- billow out
- 鼓起；向外膨胀
- The curtains billowed out through the open window.窗帘从敞开的窗户向外鼓起。
- billow upward
- 滚滚上升
- Smoke billowed upward from the chimney.烟从烟囱滚滚上升。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 pillow（枕头）：把 p 变 b，枕头鼓起来的样子就是 billow（翻腾、鼓起）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary texts、news reports、descriptive prose 该词通常用于书面语和文学性描写，多用来描述烟、云、浪等如波浪般翻涌或升起，也指帆、布等鼓起膨胀；日常口语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
通常用于描述烟雾、云等翻滚上升，常接副词out或up。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 billow 押韵的是 pillow /ˈpɪloʊ/、willow /ˈwɪloʊ/。拼写近似的 bellow /ˈbɛloʊ/、follow /ˈfɑːloʊ/、hollow /ˈhɑːloʊ/、yellow /ˈjɛloʊ/ 读音不同（元音不同）。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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