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n. (名詞 noun)[C]

          1.    巨浪,波濤
                      The billows of the Atlantic dash high on the rocks during a storm.
                      暴風雨時,大西洋的巨浪衝撞岩石掀得很高很高。
          2.    巨浪(或波濤)似的東西(如大火、煙、霧等)
                      Billows of smoke were belching from the chimney.
                      巨浪似的煙正從煙囪裡噴出來。
          3.    【書】大海[P1]

vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)

          1.    (巨浪)翻騰
          2.    波浪似地起伏,滾滾向前
                      Hundreds of flags billowed in the breeze.
                      幾百面旗幟在微風中飄揚。
                      Flames and smoke billowed over the prairie.
                      草原上空煙火滾滾。
          3.    鼓起[(+out)]

vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)

          1.    使翻騰;使滾滾向前
          2.    使鼓起[(+out)]


Dictionary.com

–noun 
1. a great wave or surge of the sea. 
2. any surging mass: billows of [smoke].  

–verb (used without object) 
3. to rise or roll in or like billows; surge. 
4. to swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind: 

[flags] billowing in the [breeze].  

–verb (used with object) 
5. to make rise, surge, swell, or the like: 

A sudden [wind] billowed the [tent] alarmingly. 

—Synonyms 
1. swell, breaker, crest, roller, whitecap.


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