Billowing
“Billowing” 形容烟雾、旗帜、窗帘、云层等正在大幅度翻滚、鼓起、涌动,如 billowing smoke(滚滚浓烟)或 billowing curtains(被风吹鼓的窗帘)。
- “Smoke was billowing from the factory chimney.” (工厂烟囱冒出滚滚浓烟。)
- “White sails were billowing in the strong wind.” (白帆在强风中鼓满。)
- “She watched the fog billowing across the valley at dawn.” (黎明时分,她看着雾气在山谷间翻涌。)
“Billow” 可能源自古诺斯语或中古荷兰语,意为波浪、起伏;与波浪涌动的意象紧密相连。
“-ing” 作现在分词或形容词,描绘持续翻滚、鼓胀的动态画面。
文学与影视描写中,“billowing” 常营造戏剧感与空间感;在 AI 工具 spinner 语境里,它比喻任务像烟云或旗帜一样“翻涌推进”,富有画面感。
- 固定搭配: “billowing smoke” (滚滚浓烟), “billowing curtains” (飘动的窗帘)
- 原形: billow
- 名词: billow
- 形容词: billowy
“billow(巨浪)+ ing”:像浪一样鼓起来、翻涌——billowing 就是正在翻滚涌动。
“Billowing steam rose from the kettle while he waited for the deployment log to finish scrolling.” (水壶蒸汽袅袅升起,他等着部署日志滚完。)