a rounded swelling or protuberance which distorts a flat surface 凸出部分 ■(especially a military context) a piece of land which projects outwards from an otherwise regular line (尤用于军事场合)突出部 the advance created an eastward-facing bulge in the line. 部队挺进使战线的一部分向东鼓出。 ■[in sing.](informal)a temporary unusual increase in number or size (非正式)(数字或尺寸的)突增 a bulge in the birth rate. 出生率骤增。
(N. Amer. informal)an advantage in the scoreline (北美,非正式)比分优势 the Suns moved to a 61:39 bulge at half-time. 太阳队在半场时取得了61∶39的比分优势。
verb
[no obj.]swell or protrude to an unnatural or incongruous extent 肿大,增长 the veins in his neck bulged. 他脖子上的青筋鼓了起来。 [as adj. bulging]he stared with bulging eyes. 他瞪着鼓鼓的眼睛看着。 ■be full of and distended with 充满 a briefcase bulging with documents. 被文件塞得鼓鼓囊囊的公文包。
Middle English : from Old French boulge, from Latin bulga (see budget). The original meaning was 'wallet or bag', later 'a ship's bilge' (early 17th cent.); other senses presumably derived from association with the shape of a full bag