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

• 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。
• 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。
• 'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word
  “妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。
• 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；
• Wear wide-leg trousers to elongate your frame.
  穿宽腿裤可以拉长你的身体框架。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。