Expand
[ɪk'spænd;ek-] or [ɪk'spænd]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) become larger in size or volume or quantity; 'his business expanded rapidly'.
(verb.) extend in one or more directions; 'The dough expands'.
(verb.) make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; 'expand the house by adding another wing'.
校對:塞尔玛--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
(v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
(v. t.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.
(v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.
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同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Spread, open, unfold, evolve, lay open, spread out.[2]. Dilate, distend, swell, fill out, blow up.[3]. Extend, enlarge, increase, diffuse.
v. n. [1]. Open, be unfolded, be spread out.[2]. Dilate, be distended, increase in bulk.
編輯:厄休拉
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Swell, dilate, spread, extend, open, diffuse, develop, unfold, enlarge,amplify
ANT:Contract, curtail, attenuate, restrict, condense
海伦手打
解釋/意思:
v.t. to spread out: to lay open: to enlarge in bulk or surface: to develop or bring out in fuller detail.—v.i. to become opened: to enlarge.—ns. Expanse′ a wide extent of space: the firmament; Expansibil′ity.—adj. Expans′ible capable of being expanded.—adv. Expans′ibly.—adj. Expans′ile capable of expansion.—n. Expan′sion act of expanding: state of being expanded: enlargement: that which is expanded: immensity: extension.—adj. Expans′ive widely extended: diffusive.—adv. Expans′ively.—ns. Expans′iveness; Expansiv′ity.
黛西手打
例句/造句/用法:
- Heat, in general, causes substances to expand or become less dense. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Christian drew a deep breath without letting it expand his body, and Humphrey said, Where has it been seen? 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The field of battle continued to expand until it embraced about seven miles of ground. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- All gases, if not confined, expand when heated and contract as they cool. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- It was as if some hard icy pressure had melted, and her consciousness had room to expand: her past was come back to her with larger interpretation. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- For example, if 100 pints of ice water is heated in a kettle, the 100 pints will steadily expand until, at the boiling point, it will occupy as much space as 104 pints of ice water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- It is a law of nature that all simple metals expand under the influence of heat and therefore contract when affected by cold. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Sloppy had gradually expanded with his description into a stare and a vacant grin. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Yorke, she rose, she grew tall, she expanded and refined almost to flame. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- If this extra cool air is used for cooling another batch of air under pressure, the latter upon expansion becomes still colder than the first batch expanded. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- At one time we employed several thousand men; and since then the works have been greatly expanded. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He stood before her, his hands in his pockets, his chest sturdily expanded under its vivid waistcoat. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Bernouilli, Genevois, and the Marquis de Jouffroy used paddles on the duck’s foot principle, which closed when dragged forward, and expanded when pushed to the rear. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- But the upper air may be more condensed by cold than the lower air by pressure; the lower more expanded by heat than the upper for want of pressure. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- By the year 1880 the standard form of marine engine for large powers had become the compound double cylinder type, expanding steam from an initial pressure as high as 90 pounds. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Nothing's the matter, Sir,' replied the boy, expanding his mouth to the whole breadth of his countenance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- In the new world of invention mind has breathed into matter, and a new and expanding creation unfolds itself. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- As for Rosamond, she was in the water-lily's expanding wonderment at its own fuller life, and she too was spinning industriously at the mutual web. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- A vulcanite or other strip is easily affected by differences of temperature, expanding and contracting by reason of the minutest changes. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- And it was an empire still vigorously expanding. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It is not subject to the refining and expanding influences of the more accurate and comprehensive material of direct instruction. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- One of these is an imitation of the duck's foot, which expands when it strikes the water, and collapses when it is withdrawn. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- When the steam pressure varies in this flat tube its coil expands or contracts, and in moving the index hand over the scale indicates the degree of pressure. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- As the air is heated by the fire it expands, and is pushed up the chimney by the cold air which is constantly entering through loose windows and doors. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- As the tusk grows in length on the living elephant it also expands; but the cells grow larger and less compact as the tusk expands in circumference. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The liquid air in the interior chamber vaporizes gradually, and escaping through the outwardly opening valve at the top, expands around the air space surrounding the inner vessel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The cat expands her wicked mouth and snarls at him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Tom, Dick, and Harry are very fond of it, as it expands their lungs and quenches their thirSt But there, I am only jesting. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
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