to swell

基本解释

Because the can is sealed, the gas builds up, causing the can to swell.
由于罐是密封的，气体逐渐积聚起来，使罐头膨胀。
At the same time, mortgage origination should be tightened up: too often lenders connived with borrowers to swell the size of mortgages, or worse, sell borrowers the wrong policy.
还应当严格监管住房抵押贷款的发放：贷款人时常与借款人共谋以增加贷款规模，或者更糟糕，卖给借款人不合适的保单。
As more water flows in, the cells begin to swell, squeezing the sweat ducts closed and preventing sweat from escaping.
随着水的流入，细胞开始膨胀，挤压排汗管道使其堵塞从而阻止了排汗。

Triggers are things that cause the asthma sufferer's airways to swell.
Asthma happens when tissue that lines the airways to the lungs begins to expand or swell.
In coastal areas it can swell,or enlarge, to waves of up to thirty meters high.

Its more recent, small acquisitions have not done much to swell orders, she contends.
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