Distend

[dɪ'stend] or [dɪ'stɛnd]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) swell from or as if from internal pressure; 'The distended bellies of the starving cows'.

(verb.) cause to expand as it by internal pressure; 'The gas distended the animal's body'.

希拉里校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.

(v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc.

(v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.

整理:奥拉

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Expand, dilate, bloat, enlarge, swell, stretch, swell out.

安編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

[See DILATE]

整理:丽纳

解釋/意思:

v.t. to stretch in all directions: to swell.—v.i. to swell.—n. Distensibil′ity capacity for distension.—adjs. Disten′sible that may be stretched; Disten′sive capable of stretching or of being stretched; Distent′ (Spens.) distended.—ns. Disten′tion Disten′sion act of distending or stretching: state of being stretched: (rare) breadth.

校對:西尔玛