Billow

(noun.) a large sea wave.

(verb.) rise and move, as in waves or billows; 'The army surged forward'.

(verb.) rise up as if in waves; 'smoke billowed up into the sky'.

(verb.) move with great difficulty; 'The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed'.

汉克整理

• The sea, all of a sudden, began to roar and rise in billows, and there was a blow, as if all the artillery in the world had been at once discharged. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• His mind has the clearness of the deep sea, the patience of its rocks, the force of its billows. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Till morning dawned I was tossed on a buoyant but unquiet sea, where billows of trouble rolled under surges of joy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Thy resolution may fluctuate on the wild and changeful billows of human opinion, but mine is anchored on the Rock of Ages. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Below us rose and fell the billows of a buried sea. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.

校对:罗尼