billow
verb- [intransitive]
(of a sail, skirt, etc. )船帆、裙子等 to fill with air and form a round shape 鼓起 Extra ExamplesHer dress billowed out around her. 她的衣服在身上鼓起来。 The sail, now unfurled, was billowing in the strong wind. 现在展开的帆在强风中翻腾。
- [intransitive]
if smoke, cloud, etc. billows, it rises and moves in a large mass (烟雾等)涌出,大量冒出
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old Norse bylgja.