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

• In grasses the leaves elongate in the dark and break through the surrounding coleoptiles.
  在草本植物中，叶子在黑暗中伸长，穿破包围它们的胚芽鞘而生长。
• 'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word
  “妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。
• Indicates a weld in a flared-bevel groove. Stems will elongate when height is increased.
  指示在喇叭形坡口焊接。杆可随着高度的增加而拉长。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Corn is treated when the stalk starts to elongate.
  在玉米秆开始拔节时，给玉米打药。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。