English Dictionary

well up

動詞

自動詞 広義 比喩的用法 感情表現

To gradually or steadily flow upwards or outwards so as to begin to fill or overflow something.

日本語の意味

（液体などが）徐々にじわじわと上昇し、あふれ出し始める状態を表す。 / 感情や思いが内面から徐々に表面にあふれ出す様子を表現する場合にも用いられる。

Tears began to well up in her eyes as she watched the old home disappear from view.

昔の家が見えなくなるのを見て、涙が目に込み上げてきた。

意味（1）

To gradually or steadily flow upwards or outwards so as to begin to fill or overflow something.

Oil was welling up out of the borehole.

意味（2）

(figuratively, by extension, chiefly of an emotion) To accumulate within one, to the point of overwhelming one.

Emotion welled up inside me.

wells up （ present singular third-person ）

welling up （ participle present ）

welled up （ participle past ）

welled up （ past ）