intumesce

intumesce读音音标

英[ˌɪntju:\\\'mes]

美[ˌɪntju\\\'mes]

基本意思释义

vi.（因受热等）膨胀; 肿大; 隆起; 沸腾

词性变化

第三人称单数:intumesces;

过去式:intumesced;

过去分词:intumesced;

现在分词:intumescing;

英英释义

Verb

1. move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically;

\"Gases bubbled up from the earth\"

\"Marx\'s ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America\"

2. expand abnormally;

\"The bellies of the starving children are swelling\"