swelling

名词 swelling:

1. abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
   同义词：puffiness, lump
2. the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
   同义词：intumescence, intumescency

动词 swell:

1. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
   同义词：swell
2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
   同义词：swell, puff up
3. expand abnormally
   同义词：swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
4. come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
   同义词：well up, swell
5. come up, as of a liquid
   同义词：well, swell
6. cause to become swollen
   同义词：swell

1. The swelling has gone down a little.
   肿块已小了一些。
2. He probed the swelling anxiously with his finger.
   他很担心地用手指触摸肿处。
3. The swelling on her finger was caused by a foreign body in it.
   她的手指肿胀是手指内有异物引起的。
4. Wood often swells when wet.
   木材潮湿後往往会膨胀。