词汇 | bloat |
词根词缀 | 词源: c.1300, originally an adj., "soft, flabby," but by 17c. meaning "puffed up, swollen." Perhaps from O.N. blautr "soaked, soft from being cooked in liquid," possibly from P.Gmc. *blaut-, from PIE *bhleu- "to swell, well up, overflow," an extension of base *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole). Influenced by or combined with O.E. blawan "blow, puff." The verb sense of "to swell" is first attested 1670s. |
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