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 intumesce
 (vi.)膨脹,腫大

 in·tu·mesce /-ˈmɛs/ 不及物動詞
 腫脹,腫大,隆起

 In·tu·mesce v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intumesced p. pr. & vb. n. Intumescing ]  To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.
    In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish black mass.   --Kirwan.
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 intumesce
      v 1: move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also
           used metaphorically; "Gases bubbled up from the earth";
           "Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin
           America" [syn: bubble up]
      2: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are
         swelling" [syn: swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce]