bulge
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they bulge | |
| he / she / it bulges | |
| past simple bulged | |
| past participle bulged | |
| -ing form bulging |
- [intransitive] bulge (with something)
(usually used in the progressive tenses 通常用于进行时 to be completely full (of something) 充满，塞满 - [intransitive]
to stick out from something in a round shape 凸出；鼓胀
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French boulge, from Latin bulga ‘leather bag, knapsack’, of Gaulish origin. The original meaning was ‘wallet or bag’, later ‘a ship's bilge’ (early 17th cent.); other senses presumably derived from association with the shape of a full bag.
Idioms
be bursting/bulging at the seams
- (informal)
to be very full, especially of people 人满为患；爆满 Los Angeles is bursting at the seams with would-be actors. 洛杉矶挤满了想成为演员的人。 The film is bursting at the seams with good performances. 这部电影中充满了出色的表演。