| 词汇 | engorge |
| 释义 | engorge verb uk /enˈɡɔːdʒ/ us /enˈɡɔːrdʒ/ [ I or T ] medical specialized to fill a body part with liquid, especially blood, so it is swollen, or to become filled with liquid and swollen: Clenching and unclenching the hand helps to engorge the veins. We all have smooth muscle tissue in our genitals that engorges with blood when we're aroused. Related words engorged engorgement [ I ] biology specialized If an insect engorges, it feeds on something, especially blood, until it is full and swollen: A tick must engorge on the blood of an infected vertebrate to acquire the infection. This reduced the number of female ticks engorging on the bodies of cattle. We are more likely to snore after drinking, because alcohol engorges blood vessels in the nose. The proportion of tsetse flies that engorged does not accurately reflect the success with which they obtained blood meals. Enlarging and inflating augmentation balloon bloat broaden build (someone/something) up bulk explosively flare fluff something up implacably inflation lengthen maximize puff pump someone up reinflate reinflation scale something up stretch uninflated You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming bigger Eating |
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