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　

TOEFL GRE

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 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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines.
北部海洋浅水中细长的小鱼；完全由刺组成背鳍。
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。
Rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria.
延长细菌，质硬，螺旋曲线状。
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。