| 词汇 | billowing |
| 释义 | billowing present participle ofbillow billow verb[ I ] uk /ˈbɪl.əʊ/ us /ˈbɪl.oʊ/ to spread over a large area, or (especially of things made of cloth) to become filled with air and appear to be larger: 波浪般起伏，汹涌向前;（尤指布制品因充气）鼓起 Smoke billowed (out) from the burning building.滚滚浓烟不断从着火的大楼里涌出。 The sheets/shirts hanging on the line billowed in the breeze.挂在绳子上的床单／衬衫在微风中飘动。 We watched the boats with their billowing sails.我们看着那些小船鼓起风帆。 Spreading and scattering all over the placeidiom bedaub bell bestrew billow diffuse dispersion dotted around dredge dusting encroach on/upon something fan out slap something on slather smear smudge smudgily smudging sprinkle sweep You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming bigger Examples of billowingbillowing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The argument of this paper is similar in the sense that drapery is here considered as a metaphor for the billowing surfaces of contemporary architecture. What draws my attention most in the painting is the strangely billowing blue drapery, treated as an independent object. While this fellow is dancing with an attractive young woman, he begins to levitate, before disappearing in a billowing, sulphuric cloud of smoke. Eerie electronic resonance emanated from speakers placed around a raised platform, rightof-stage, concealed by semi-transparent, billowing drapes, across which floated many ghostly images - including fluttering birds and wind-blown soap bubbles. If one gets into a cab where someone has been smoking, there is no smoke billowing around. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The house has 27 rooms, flames are billowing out of the roof, but what are the 27 residents doing? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English At that blinding flash there was a massive discharge of gamma radiation and this was followed by the mushroom cloud billowing up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The billowing clouds of ash deposit a gentle rain of fine dry pumice, which settles on everything until it is brushed away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other effects include dramatic shadows, portentous superimpositions and moody sequences in which the camera glides through corridors with billowing curtains. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Amateur video purported the scene to have black smoke billowing into the sky, visible throughout the city. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They favor fluttering robes, draped gowns, and billowing trousers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The stage was filled with steam billowing out of controlled machines. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is known for his sense of silhouette, pairing highwaisted skinny pants with a voluminous blouson, or a tightly cut wool jumpsuit with billowing sleeves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the horizon is a steam train with a plume of white smoke billowing away from it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It included a number of funnels billowing smoke, steel piping, cables hanging above and a flight of stairs in the middle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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