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

• 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。
• The new evidence from developmental biology is particularly damaging to the classical theory that feathers evolved from elongate scales.
  其中，从前认为羽毛是由鳞片延伸而来的传统理论，在发生生物学的新证据面前尤其站不住脚。
• 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。
• Elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes.
  细长扁平有点象鳗的鱼。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• Wear wide-leg trousers to elongate your frame.
  穿宽腿裤可以拉长你的身体框架。