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单词 billowed
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billowed
past simple and past participle ofbillow
billow
verb[I]
uk
/ˈbɪl.əʊ/us
/ˈbɪl.oʊ/
tospreadover alargearea, or (especiallyof things made ofcloth) tobecomefilledwithairandappearto belarger:
Smokebillowed(out)from theburningbuilding.
Thesheets/shirtshangingon thelinebillowed in thebreeze.
Wewatchedtheboatswiththeirbillowingsails.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Spreading and scattering
  • all over the placeidiom
  • bedaub
  • bell
  • bestrew
  • billow
  • diffuse
  • dispersion
  • dusting
  • encroach on/uponsomething
  • fan out
  • go around
  • go/do the roundsidiom
  • smear
  • smudge
  • smudging
  • smudgy
  • spatter
  • spattered
  • sprinkle
  • sweep
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(Definition ofbillowedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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billowed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Smokebillowedfrom the building after the raid, witnesses said.
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The weather was hot and enormous clouds of dustbillowedover the march.
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Smokebillowedin the background and road flares flickered brightly.
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Smokebillowedhundreds of feet in the air and flames rose out of the clock tower.
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She was bathed in light as smokebillowedat feet.
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Two simultaneous eruptions issued from the volcano; a cloud of ash and steambillowedseven miles into the sky.
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These rigid balloons were held up over a fire so that the smokebillowedwell into the cavity of the sphere.
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Rescuers pulled mangled bodies from damaged cars as smokebillowedinto the sky.
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Unfortunately the novel fuel system was not a success andbillowedout large clouds of black smoke, leading to the abandonment of the idea for several years.
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But the monk disapproved of their use and threw them into the fire, from which an enticing aromabillowedand the monks came out to investigate.
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The giant white clouds thatbillowedaround the shuttle at each launch were not smoke, but water vapor generated as the rocket exhaust boiled away huge quantities of water.
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