billow

1. V-I When something made of cloth billows, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind. 在風中鼓脹著飄動

The curtains billowed in the breeze. 窗簾在微風中鼓脹著飄動。

Her pink dress billowed out around her. 她粉紅色的連衣裙隨身飄了起來。

2. V-I When smoke or cloud billows, it moves slowly upward or across the sky. (菸、雲(yún)等) 陞騰

...thick plumes of smoke billowing from factory chimneys. …從工廠菸囪裡冒出來的滾滾濃菸。

Steam billowed out from under the hood. 蒸汽從機罩下冒了出來。

3. N-COUNT A billow of smoke or dust is a large mass of it rising slowly into the air. 緩緩陞起的大團 (菸、灰塵)

...smoke stacks belching billows of almost solid black smoke. …噴吐著滾滾黑色濃菸的大菸囪。