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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word
  “妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。
• 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。
• 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。
• Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters.
  细长的欧洲水面生食肉鱼，颚部长并有牙齿；沿海水域颇多。
• Rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria.
  延长细菌，质硬，螺旋曲线状。
• Elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes.
  细长扁平有点象鳗的鱼。
• These sandstone bodies form elongate lenses.
  这些砂岩体形成伸长的透镜体。