bulge
n
1 rounded swelling; outward curve 鼓起; 凸出
What's that bulge in your pocket? 你口袋里鼓鼓囊囊的是什麼?
2 (infml 口) temporary increase in quantity 暫時增多
a population bulge 人口膨脹
After the war there was a bulge in the birth-rate. 戰(zhàn)後出生率激增. bulge, v [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (out) (with sth) form a bulge
swell outwards 鼓起; 凸起; 膨脹
I can't eat any more. My stomach's bulging. 我一點兒也吃不下了, 肚子都鼓起來了.
pockets bulging with apples 裝著蘋果而鼓起來的口袋.