Enlarge
[ɪn'lɑːdʒ;en-] or [ɪn'lɑrdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) make larger; 'She enlarged the flower beds'.
(verb.) become larger or bigger.
整理:奥利维亚--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.
(v. t.) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.
(v. t.) To set at large or set free.
(v. i.) To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.
(v. i.) To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
(v. i.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
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同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Increase, augment, extend, expand, magnify, amplify, make larger, make greater.
v. n. [1]. Expatiate, dilate, descant, speak at length, launch out.[2]. Increase, swell, grow, extend, expand, grow larger.
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同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Amplify, expand, augment, broaden, swell, stretch_out, extend, stretch, dilate,increase
ANT:Narrow, lessen, contract, restrict, diminish, curtail, reduce
錄入:万斯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to make larger: to increase in size or quantity: to expand: to amplify discourse: to set free.—v.i. to grow large or larger: to be diffuse in speaking or writing: to expatiate.—adj. Enlarged′.—adv. Enlar′gedly.—ns. Enlar′gedness; Enlarge′ment act of enlarging: state of being enlarged: increase: extension: diffuseness of speech or writing: a setting at large: release.
編輯:莉齐
例句/造句/用法:
- I watched to see whether it would spread: but no; as it did not diminish, so it did not enlarge. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- This I shall enlarge upon presently. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- I believe that the strange incidents connected with it will afford a view of nature, which may enlarge your faculties and understanding. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- When this operation is completed, it immediately sets to work to enlarge the hole with the help of its hind legs. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I shall not enlarge upon this objection, because it principally belongs to natural philosophy, which lies without our present sphere. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- It is, however, doubtful whether this is really so; but I will not enlarge on this obscure subject. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The boilers have also been elongated, to enlarge the evaporating surface and economize fuel. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- These pictures are so perfect in detail that, when photographed and enlarged, objects no greater than a blade of grass may be distinctly recognized. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- A private-line department was established, and the business taken over from Pope, Edison, and Ashley was rapidly enlarged. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In the year 1600, Gilbert, an English physician, enlarged considerably the catalogue of substances which have the property of attracting light bodies. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Slowly, therefore, and in a quiet tone of voice, he explained them as best he could, and enlarged on the nature of Pancks's service. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I enlarged upon many other topics, which the natural desire of endless life, and sublunary happiness, could easily furnish me with. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- By means of a lens, a watchmaker gets an enlarged image of the dust which clogs the wheels of his watch. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The scene enlarged; two persons appeared; Mrs. Weston and her son-in-law; they were walking into Highbury;to Hartfield of course. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The action and reaction thus constantly at work, tend to give accelerating impulse to invention, and are continually enlarging its sphere of operations. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- This has already appeared in so many instances, that we may spare ourselves the trouble of enlarging upon it any farther. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- It is a commonplace that an alert and expanding mental life depends upon an enlarging range of contact with the physical environment. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- On the other hand, the enlarging of the apparatus to permit larger pictures to be obtained would present too much weight to be stopped and started with the requisite rapidity. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Lydgate was ambitious above all to contribute towards enlarging the scientific, rational basis of his profession. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Opposition not only enlarges the soul; but the soul, when full of courage and magnanimity, in a manner seeks opposition. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- By refraction the magnifying glass reveals objects hidden because of their minuteness, and enlarges for our careful contemplation objects otherwise barely visible. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- First, it enlarges the balance wheel; second, it increases the length of the spring; third, it reduces the elasticity of the spring. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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