Elongate
['iːlɒŋgeɪt] or [ɪ'lɔŋɡet]
解释:
(verb.) make long or longer by pulling and stretching; 'stretch the fabric'.
(adj.) having notably more length than width; being long and slender; 'an elongate tail tapering to a point'; 'the old man's gaunt and elongated frame' .
乔迪校对--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
(a.) To remove further off.
(v. i.) To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
(a.) Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.
埃尔希编辑
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Lengthen, stretch, draw out, lengthen out.
格雷西校对
解释:
v.t. to make longer: to extend.—p.adjs. Elong′ate -d.—n. Elongā′tion act of lengthening out: distance.
校对:米里亚姆
例句:
- Here, Mr. Lorry perceived the reflection on the wall to elongate, and Mr. Cruncher rose and stepped forward. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- An important result of these changes is the use of elongated instead of round balls, this permitting of the employment of much heavier projectiles for the same width of bore. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- This I felt sure was Eliza, though I could trace little resemblance to her former self in that elongated and colourless visage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- An extremely wide flank-membrane stretches from the corners of the jaw to the tail, and includes the limbs with the elongated fingers. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Yet in North America there are woodpeckers which feed largely on fruit, and others with elongated wings which chase insects on the wing. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The boilers have also been elongated, to enlarge the evaporating surface and economize fuel. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- The container is then forced by the pump against an elongated die of the size of the pipe required. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The cantilever portion has the appearance of a vast elongated diamond. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
厄玛编辑