elongate

英 [ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪt]

美 [ɪˈlɔːŋɡeɪt]

v.  (使)变长，伸长; 拉长

现在分词：elongating　第三人称单数：elongates　过去分词：elongated　过去式：elongated　复数：elongates　

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BNC.33998 / COCA.24478

牛津词典

verb

• （使）变长，伸长；拉长
  to become longer; to make sth longer

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）拉长;（使）延长
  If youelongatesomething or if itelongates, you stretch it so that it becomes longer.
  1. 'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word...
     “妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。
  2. Corn is treated when the stalk starts to elongate.
     在玉米秆开始拔节时，给玉米打药。

英英释义

verb

• make long or longer by pulling and stretching
  1. stretch the fabric
  Synonym:stretch

adj

• having notably more length than width
  1. an elongate tail tapering to a point
  2. the old man's gaunt and elongated frame
  Synonym:elongated
• (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
  Synonym:linear

双语例句

• To avoid a double chin, elongate your neck and push your face forward a bit.
  为了避免出现双下巴，拉长脖子，将脸部微微前伸。
• Rise up on your toes and elongate the complete length of your spine.
  踮着脚站起来，把你的整个脊椎骨拉长。
• Also elongate through the inner core of your body up through the crown of your head.
  也通过身体里面的核心、通过头顶向上延长。
• Small extremely elongate earth-living centipedes.
  小型的极端地伸长的土生蜈蚣。
• Elongate freshwater COD of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth.
  北欧和北美长身淡水鳕，嘴部周围有鱼须。
• Rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria.
  延长细菌，质硬，螺旋曲线状。
• Any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Cymbidium, native to tropical Asia and Australia and extensively hybridized and cultivated for their elongate clusters of showy blooms.
  兰花一种附生的兰属兰花，原产于热带亚洲和澳大利亚，并且因其细长的簇簇艳丽的花朵而被大面积杂交和种植。
• Wear wide-leg trousers to elongate your frame.
  穿宽腿裤可以拉长你的身体框架。
• Mail was starting to back up, and response times on the clients were starting to elongate.
  邮件开始备份，客户机上的响应时间开始加长。
• Inflorescence a terminal open panicle with elongate central axis;
  花序一顶生开阔的的圆锥花序具拉长主轴线；