billow
- v. 汹涌
- v. 翻滚
- v. 鼓起, 膨胀
- n. 巨浪
- Definition
- v. to rise or roll like large waves
- v. to move in swelling clouds
- v. to swell out or fill with air
- n. a large wave
- Example
- Dark smoke began to billow from the old factory chimney.
- 浓烟开始从那座旧工厂的烟囱里滚滚冒出。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: a huge wave (noun).
比较义项：巨浪（名词）。
- surge
Surge highlights a sudden, forceful forward rush of water or a similar force (electricity, emotion), stressing power and speed rather than a rolling shape.
surge强调水（或电流、情绪等类似力量）突然猛烈地向前涌动，侧重力量和速度，而不是翻滚起伏的形状。
A sudden surge of seawater crashed over the harbor wall during the storm.
风暴期间，一股突如其来的巨浪猛烈地涌过了港口的防波堤。
- billow 本词
Billow highlights a large mass of water rising and falling in a slow, rolling, swelling motion, often several billows moving together, without surge's forcefulness.
billow强调大片水浪缓慢起伏、翻滚膨胀的样子，往往是接连不断的一片巨浪，没有surge那种猛烈的力量感。
Great billows rolled toward the shore, rising and falling in the moonlight.
巨大的浪涌在月光下起伏翻滚，朝着海岸滚滚而来。
Both can mean a huge wave. Surge stresses a sudden, forceful rush of water, focusing on power and speed. Billow stresses a large mass of water rising and falling slowly in a rolling, swelling motion. Their other uses are not compared.
这两个词都可以指巨大的浪或猛然涌起的一股水流，但语气和用法不同：surge强调突然、猛烈地向前涌动，billow强调大而起伏、翻滚扩散的样子。surge常用于比喻意义（如电流、情绪的骤增），billow也常用来描述烟雾、云朵或帆等大幅翻卷起伏的样子，这些引申义此处不作比较。