billow
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 巨浪
- vi.
- 象巨浪般汹涌,象巨浪般波动
- vt.
- 使翻腾
演变路径(由近及远)
原始词根
原始印欧语 *bʰelǵʰ-
词源说明
From Middle English *bilwe, borrowed from Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō.
Cognates include Danish bølge (“wave”); Norwegian Bokmål bølge (“wave”), Norwegian Nynorsk bylgje (“wave”); Swedish bölja (“wave”); German Low German Bulge, Bulg, Bülg (“billow, wave”); German Bulge (“billow, wave”). Compare bellow, bawl.