swollen

adjective
🔊/ˈswəʊlən/
🔊/ˈswəʊlən/
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  1. (of a part of the body身体的一部分) larger than normal, especially as a result of a disease or an injury肿胀的;肿起来的
    • swollen glands肿胀的腺体
    • Her eyes were red and swollen from crying.她哭得两眼又红又肿。🔊🔊
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    • Her face was still horribly swollen.她的脸仍然肿得吓人。
    • Her legs got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着,她的双腿已经肿了。
    • His ankle is bruised and quite badly swollen.他的脚踝挫伤了,肿得很厉害。
    • One of her eyes was swollen shut.她的一只眼睛肿得睁不开了。
    Topics Illnessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • from
    phrases
    • be red and swollen
    • swollen shut
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  2. (of a river河流) containing more water than normal涨水的;上涨的

swollen

verb
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  1. past participle of swell