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小词详解 | bulge
bulge 英 [bʌldʒ] 美 [bʌldʒ]
It is not only in London that property values bulged in the decade after a housing bust that nearly took down the world’s financial system: prices are near new highs in many places, according to The Economist’s latest roundup of global housing markets.
在十年前那场几乎拖垮了世界金融体系的房市崩盘之后,不只伦敦的房地产价格暴涨——根据《经济学人》对全球房产市场的最新概览,很多地方的房价创下新高。
——《经济学人》Then one day the tear duct in Sam’s right eye didn’t work, and soon his eye began to bulge.
然后,一天,山姆右眼的泪腺出了问题。没过多久,他的眼睛开始鼓起来。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 膨胀或突出到不自然或不协调的程度
An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve.
乐观的人,等于是把肥胖部位也错认作曼妙曲线的女孩。
swell: (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid balloon: swell out in a spherical shape; billow protrude: extend beyond or above a surface