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

• Elongate olivine crystals were aligned to produce a flow texture as this liquid phase crystallized.
  在液相结晶时，长形橄榄石晶体的成行排列产生了流状构造。
• 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。
• These sandstone bodies form elongate lenses.
  这些砂岩体形成伸长的透镜体。
• 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。
• Small extremely elongate earth-living centipedes.
  小型的极端地伸长的土生蜈蚣。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores. ( botany) of or relating to ascospores.
  包围孢子生长的一种蕨类植物。（植物学）属于或与囊孢子有关。
• 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；
• Sometimes hormones are used to elongate apples so that they look more attractive.
  人们有时用荷尔蒙使苹果变长，以看起来更吸引人。