bulge /ˈbʌlʤ ||ˈbʊlʤ/
脹,膨脹(vi.)凸出(vt.)使膨脹
Bulge n.
1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
3. Naut. The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2.
Bulge ways. Naut. See Bilge ways.
Bulge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bulged p. pr. & vb. n. Bulging.]
1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. --Broome.
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bulge
n : something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
a form [syn: bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness,
jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion,
excrescence]
v 1: swell or protrude outwards; "His eyes bulged with surprise"
[syn: pouch, protrude]
2: bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear
to bulge [syn: bag]
3: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: protrude, pop, pop
out, bulge out, bug out, come out]
4: cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: bulk]