vi.

1. 腫起，腫脹[（+up）]
   His ankles began to swell.

   他的腳踝腫起來了。

2. （土地等）隆起；（河水等）上漲
3. 增長；增大；壯大[（+to/into）]
   The newly-arrived refugees swelled the ranks of the unemployed.

   新來的難民增加了失業的人數。

4. （聲音，音樂等）增強
5. 驕傲自負；誇大
6. （情緒等）高漲
   Anger swelled in him.

   他心頭升起怒火。

7. （帆等）膨脹，鼓起[（+out）]
   The sails swelled out in the wind.

   船帆在風中鼓起。

vt.

1. 使（力量等）增長
2. 使隆起；使上漲
   The river was swollen with melted snow.

   河水因融雪而上漲。

3. 使驕傲自大
4. 使（情緒等）高漲
   She was swollen with contentment.

   她感到十分滿足。

5. 提高（音調，聲音等）
6. 使膨脹，使鼓起[（+out）]
   A brisk wind swelled the sails.

   一陣疾風使船帆鼓起。

a.

1. 【口】很棒的，一流的
   She is a swell girl.

   她是一個好女孩。

   Our boy is doing swell at college.

   我們的兒子在大學裡表現出色。

   He is a swell teacher.

   他是位非常出色的教師。

2. 【俚】服裝時髦的；漂亮的；風頭健的

n.

1. 鼓起，膨脹；腫脹[the S]
2. 增大，壯大[the S]
   There was a swell in the city's population.

   該市出現過人口膨脹。

3. （聲音的）增強；（音量的）增大[U]
4. 【音】漸強到漸弱（符號）[U][C]
5. （浪濤的）洶湧；（土地的）隆起[the S]
6. 隆起部分[C]
7. 【口】衣著時髦的人；風頭人物[C]
   His brother is a swell at boxing.

   他兄弟是個拳擊能手。

v.

1. become larger or rounder in size, especially as a result of an accumulation of fluid.
2. become or make greater in intensity, amount, or volume.

n.

1. a full or gently rounded form.
2. a gradual increase in sound, amount, or intensity.
   ▸a welling up of a feeling.
3. a slow, regular movement of the sea in rolling waves that do not break.
4. a mechanism for producing a crescendo or diminuendo in an organ or harmonium.
5. informal, dated a fashionable or stylish person of wealth or high social position.

adj.

1. excellent; very good.
2. archaic smart; fashionable.

adv.