英语词汇swell-的发音释义、词根词缀、结构分析、同源词、词频及词根记忆法-英语词根词缀词典

swell-the verb-stem in combination (in some cases also referable to the n.): swell-fish, a fish that inflates itself by swallowing air, also called puffer or puff-fish (see puff n. 9 b); swell-front U.S., a bow-front of a house, i.e. one segmentally curved on plan (see bow n.¹ 12 a); transf. a house having such a front; swell-head colloq. = swelled head (see swelled b); also, a person affected with ‘swelled head’; swell-headed a. colloq., affected with ‘swelled head’; swell-rule Printing (rule n. 22), a ‘rule’ or dash of swelling (usually diamond) form in the middle (Jacobi Printers' Voc. 1888); swell-shark, (a) a small shark, Scyllium ventricosum, of the Pacific coast of America; (b) a Californian shark, Catulus uter, which when caught inflates itself by swallowing air; swell-work, work characterized by enlargement or protuberance in certain parts designed for ornament.1839Storer in Boston Jrnl. Nat. Hist. II. 513 Tetraodon turgidus, Mitchell. The *Swell Fish. Puffer.1860O. W. Holmes Elsie V. xxxii. (1891) 484, I was walking with a young friend along by the *swell-fronts and south-exposures.1872Howells Wedd. Journ. (1892) 67 A humble three-story swell-front up at the South End.1845J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs iv. 46 As for the present directory, they're all a pack of d―d *swell-heads.1867G. W. Harris Sut Lovingood 61 Wif an onintemitant attack of swell-head.1884St. James's Gaz. 10 May 5/1 ‘Mugwump’..is ‘synonymous with the New York term ‘big bug,’ or the Washington expression ‘swellhead’.’1901G. Douglas House w. Green Shutters 214 Lord, but young Gourlay was the fine fellow! Symptoms of swell-head set in with alarming rapidity.1817Cobbett Wks. XXXII. 43 The upstart, big-bellied, *swell-headed farmer can bluster and bully..about Sinecures.1906Daily Chron. 11 May 7/3 Gangs of swell-headed agents in plain clothes..persecuting inoffensive citizens.1891Cent. Dict. s.v. Scyllium, S. ventricosum is the *swell-shark, a small voracious species found on the Pacific coast from California to Chili.1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 198 The various descriptions of reeded and other *swell-work, exhibited by some superb brass fenders.

swell- /swɛl/ combining form.

ORIGIN: Repr. swell noun, verb.

That swells.

DERIVATIVE swellfish noun a puffer fish M19.
swell-front noun (US) a curved front of a house; a house having such a front: M19.
swell-head noun (colloq.) = swelled head M19.
swell-headed adjective (colloq.) conceited E19.
swell-shark noun any of several small sharks of the genus Cephaloscyllium, which inflate the body by swallowing air when brought to the surface; esp. C. ventriosum, which is found off the coast of California L19.

词汇	swell-
词根词缀	OED SOED swell-the verb-stem in combination (in some cases also referable to the n.): swell-fish, a fish that inflates itself by swallowing air, also called puffer or puff-fish (see puff n. 9 b); swell-front U.S., a bow-front of a house, i.e. one segmentally curved on plan (see bow n.¹ 12 a); transf. a house having such a front; swell-head colloq. = swelled head (see swelled b); also, a person affected with ‘swelled head’; swell-headed a. colloq., affected with ‘swelled head’; swell-rule Printing (rule n. 22), a ‘rule’ or dash of swelling (usually diamond) form in the middle (Jacobi Printers' Voc. 1888); swell-shark, (a) a small shark, Scyllium ventricosum, of the Pacific coast of America; (b) a Californian shark, Catulus uter, which when caught inflates itself by swallowing air; swell-work, work characterized by enlargement or protuberance in certain parts designed for ornament.1839Storer in Boston Jrnl. Nat. Hist. II. 513 Tetraodon turgidus, Mitchell. The Swell Fish. Puffer.1860O. W. Holmes Elsie V.* xxxii. (1891) 484, I was walking with a young friend along by the swell-fronts and south-exposures.1872Howells Wedd. Journ.* (1892) 67 A humble three-story swell-front up at the South End.1845J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs iv. 46 As for the present directory, they're all a pack of d―d swell-heads.1867G. W. Harris Sut Lovingood* 61 Wif an onintemitant attack of swell-head.1884St. James's Gaz. 10 May 5/1 ‘Mugwump’..is ‘synonymous with the New York term ‘big bug,’ or the Washington expression ‘swellhead’.’1901G. Douglas House w. Green Shutters 214 Lord, but young Gourlay was the fine fellow! Symptoms of swell-head set in with alarming rapidity.1817Cobbett Wks. XXXII. 43 The upstart, big-bellied, swell-headed farmer can bluster and bully..about Sinecures.1906Daily Chron. 11 May 7/3 Gangs of swell-headed agents in plain clothes..persecuting inoffensive citizens.1891Cent. Dict. s.v. Scyllium, S. ventricosum* is the swell-shark, a small voracious species found on the Pacific coast from California to Chili.1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal* II. 198 The various descriptions of reeded and other *swell-work, exhibited by some superb brass fenders. swell- /swɛl/ combining form. ORIGIN: Repr. swell noun, verb. That swells. DERIVATIVE swellfish noun a puffer fish M19. swell-front noun (US) a curved front of a house; a house having such a front: M19. swell-head noun (colloq.) = swelled head M19. swell-headed adjective (colloq.) conceited E19. swell-shark noun any of several small sharks of the genus Cephaloscyllium, which inflate the body by swallowing air when brought to the surface; esp. C. ventriosum, which is found off the coast of California L19.
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