lengthens

英 [ˈleŋθənz]

美 [ˈleŋθənz]

v.  (使)变长
lengthen的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）加长；（使）伸长
  When somethinglengthensor when youlengthenit, it increases in length.
  1. The evening shadows were lengthening...
     残阳下的影子越拉越长。
  2. She began to walk faster, but he lengthened his stride to keep up with her...
     她开始加快步子，但他加大了步幅跟着她。
  3. The runway had to be lengthened.
     跑道需要加长。
• V-ERG （使）（时间）延长；（使…）持续更长时间
  When somethinglengthensor when youlengthenit, it lasts for a longer time than it did previously.
  1. Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened...
     假期延长，工作周就缩短了。
  2. The council does not support lengthening the school day to fit in other activities.
     委员会不支持通过延长在校时间来插入其他活动。

双语例句

• Research: Marriage lengthens life, boosts physical and emotional health, and raises income.
  调查显示：婚姻使人长寿，促进身心健康，还能增加收入。
• The company believes its supplement works by stimulating an enzyme that lengthens telomeres, sequences at the ends of chromosomes.
  该公司认为，这种药的功效原理是刺激一种能够延长端粒的酵素，端粒是染色体尾端的序列。
• What sadness lengthens romeo's hours?
  有什么事让罗密欧如此的忧愁？
• Scientists have known since the1930s that the technique lengthens the lives of mice.
  自上世纪三十年代以来，科学家就已经知道这种方法能够延长老鼠的寿命。
• Bright sunlight bleaches the photoreceptors and lengthens the time it takes for your eyes to adjust to the dark.
  强烈的太阳光能让你的光感受器变白，延长你对黑暗的适应时间。
• The application of optical fiber in CATV lengthens the distance of signal transmission, and improves the quality of signal.
  将光纤技术引入CATV系统中，延长了信号中继距离，改善了信号的质量。
• Each server hit lengthens the process and disorients users as the new page loads.
  每次到服务器的请求都会延长过程的处理时间并且当新页面加载时也会让用户迷失方向。
• Conserve energy to enhance speed endurance and lengthens work distance;
  节省能量，达到提高速度耐力和延长工作距离；
• Overheating lengthens valve stems which prevents proper seating of valves.
  气门过热增加气门杆的长度，使得气门不能正常磨合到位。
• As the sun lengthens and shadows fall across the valley, the Alhambra sets the mood.
  当太阳拉长光线，漫山遍地都是投影之际，阿兰布拉宫的情味正当其时。