Extend

[ɪk'stend;ek-] or [ɪk'stɛnd]

解释:

(verb.) expand the influence of; 'The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent'.

(verb.) make available; provide; 'extend a loan'; 'The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages'.

(verb.) reach outward in space; 'The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk'.

(verb.) open or straighten out; unbend; 'Can we extend the legs of this dining table?'.

(verb.) prolong the time allowed for payment of; 'extend the loan'.

(verb.) increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; 'stretch the soup by adding some more cream'; 'extend the casserole with a little rice'.

编辑:珀西--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

(v. t.) To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.

(v. t.) To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.

(v. t.) To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.

(v. t.) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.

(v. t.) To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.

(v. t.) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

整理:威尔伯

同义词及近义词:

v. a. [1]. Stretch out, reach out, reach forth.[2]. Prolong, continue, lengthen out, protract.[3]. Expand, dilate, enlarge, widen, augment, increase, fill out.[4]. Diffuse, spread abroad.[5]. Offer, yield, give, impart.

v. n. Stretch, reach, spread.

录入:欧文

同义词及反义词:

SYN:Prolong, stretch, expand, enlarge, increase, augment, reach, spread, amplify,avail, apply

ANT:Curtail, contract, restrict, narrow, limit, recur, return, miss, fail

整理:罗莎

解释:

v.t. to stretch out: to prolong in any direction: to enlarge expand: to widen: to hold out: to bestow or impart: (law) to seize: to make a valuation of property by the oath of a jury.—v.i. to stretch: to be continued in length or breadth.—adj. Extend′ant (her.) displayed.—adv. Extend′edly.—adjs. Extend′ible; Extense′ (obs.) extensive.—n. Extensibil′ity.—adjs. Extens′ible Extens′ile that may be extended.—Exten′sion a stretching out prolongation or enlargement: that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space: (logic) a term opposed to Intension referring to the extent of the application of a term or the number of objects included under it (University extension the enlargement of the aim of a university in providing instruction for those unable to become regular students).—adj. Exten′sional.—ns. Exten′sionist; Exten′sity sensation from which perception of extension is derived.—adj. Extens′ive large: comprehensive.—adv. Extens′ively.—ns. Extens′iveness; Exten′sor a muscle which extends or straightens any part of the body; Extent′ the space or degree to which a thing is extended: bulk: compass: scope: the valuation of property: (law) a writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown: (Shak.) seizure attack: (Shak.) maintenance: (Shak.) behaviour.—adj. stretched out.

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