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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes.
  细长扁平有点象鳗的鱼。
• 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。
• 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。
• Wear wide-leg trousers to elongate your frame.
  穿宽腿裤可以拉长你的身体框架。
• Small extremely elongate earth-living centipedes.
  小型的极端地伸长的土生蜈蚣。