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

• Corn is treated when the stalk starts to elongate.
  在玉米秆开始拔节时，给玉米打药。
• 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。
• Wear wide-leg trousers to elongate your frame.
  穿宽腿裤可以拉长你的身体框架。
• 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。
• Elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
  长鱼，没有骨盆鳍和带状物，或已经退化。
• Large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long sail-like dorsal fin.
  细长的大型海生无鳞鱼，有尖牙和船帆形的长背鳍。
• Small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs.
  小型蜈蚣，体形较长，生活于土壤中或石头下，有30多对腿。
• Experimented with losing their legs and becoming elongate, crawling creatures.
  尝试丢掉四肢，变成长长地、爬行地动物。
• The two arrows at top of picture are pointing to elongate, dark, fibroblast nuclei.
  图片底部箭头所指为两个成纤维的细胞核，长梭形、深染。
• The late period delta body is elongate shape, which is typical delta controlled by river.
  晚期三角洲体为伸长状三角洲，为典型的河控三角洲。