bil·low /ˈbɪ(ˌ)lo/
巨浪(vi.)象巨浪般洶涌,象巨浪般波動(vt.)使翻騰
Bil·low n.
1. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.
Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll. --Cowper.
2. A great wave or flood of anything.
Bil·low, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Billowed p. pr. & vb. n. Billowing.] To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate. “The billowing snow.”
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billow
n : a large sea wave [syn: surge]
v 1: rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up nto the sky"
[syn: wallow]
2: move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across
the muddy riverbed"
3: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged
forward" [syn: surge, heave]
4: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon, inflate]