swollen
英英释意
- 1. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas;
- "hungry children with bloated stomachs"
- "he had a grossly distended stomach"
- "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"
- "swollen hands"
- "tumescent tissue"
- "puffy tumid flesh"
- 2. abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is sometimes used in combination);
- "distended wineskins"
- "the need to clean out swollen inventories"
- "the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"
- "huge blood-swollen mosquitoes"
- 3. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance;
- "a conceited fool"
- "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"
- "an egotistical disregard of others"
- "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"
- "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"
- "vain about her clothes"
- 4. overfull with water;
- "swollen rivers and creeks"