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基本释义
  • vi. 膨胀,肿大
词形变化
  • 时 态:in·tu·mesced, in·tu·mesc·ing, in·tu·mesc·es
英英解释
  •  2个动词解释

    1. move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
      [同] intumesce, bubble up
      [例]
      • Gases bubbled up from the earth
      • Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America
    2. expand abnormally
      [同] intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce
      [例]
      • The bellies of the starving children are swelling