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词汇 billowy
释义 billowy
adjective
uk /ˈbɪl.əʊ.i/ us /ˈbɪl.oʊ.i/
appearing large and soft or filled with air: 又大又软的;充满空气的
a blue June sky filled with billowy white clouds六月蔚蓝的天空中飘着一团团白云
They draped the set in billowy satin fabric.他们用又大又软的绸缎装饰布景。
He had a red, billowy scarf wrapped around his head.
She was unrecognisable in a billowy nun's habit and a stiff bonnet.
She was dressed in an abaya, a kind of billowy cloak.
Billowy white cascades of snow blew around us.
The buildings somehow appear soft and billowy, like folds of drapery or a woman's body.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Soft and fluffy
anneal
as smooth as silk/a baby's bottomidiom
cottony
feathery
flaccid
frothy
gauzy
lathery
limp
macerate
soften
softener
softness
soggily
sogginess
spongy
ultra-soft
velvet
velvety
workable

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Examples of billowy


billowy
The billowy nature of thermals does not appear to result in excessive scatter when using the leading edge to define the thermal's position.
The forests are rendered in smoky hues, stacked atop one another in billowy calligraphic curls.
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Billowy feathers sit high atop shiny chin-strapped hats.
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And don't play on ledges in a billowy dress on windy days.
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Pahoehoe lava is a relatively smooth lava flow that can be billowy or ropey.
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Phoehoe is found at the volcano, which have a smooth, billowy, undulating, or ropy surface.
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