名詞 swelling:

1. abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
   同義詞：puffiness, lump
2. the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
   同義詞：intumescence, intumescency

動(dòng)詞 swell:

1. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
   同義詞：swell
2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
   同義詞：swell, puff up
3. expand abnormally
   同義詞：swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
4. come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
   同義詞：well up, swell
5. come up, as of a liquid
   同義詞：well, swell
6. cause to become swollen
   同義詞：swell

1. The swelling has gone down a little.
   腫塊已小了一些。
2. He probed the swelling anxiously with his finger.
   他很擔(dān)心地用手指觸摸腫處。
3. The swelling on her finger was caused by a foreign body in it.
   她的手指腫脹是手指內(nèi)有異物引起的。
4. Wood often swells when wet.
   木材潮濕後往往會(huì)膨脹。