dilate

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vi. 扩大, 详述, 膨胀 vt. 使膨胀

发音

其它 /daɪˈleɪt/

词形变化

dilates 三单 dilating 现在分词 dilated 过去式 dilated 过去分词 more dilate 比较级 most dilate 最高级

别名

delate deleate dylate

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To enlarge; to make bigger.

    扩张

    及物

    The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.

  2. 2.

    To become wider or larger; to expand.

    不及物

    His heart dilates and glories in his strength.

  3. 3.

    To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".

    及物/不及物
  4. 4.

    To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).

    及物/不及物 医学
  5. 1.

    To delay, defer.

    废旧 及物
  6. 2.

    To prolong, lengthen.

    废旧 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Carried in different ways, spread, abroad, dispersed, published.

    古体 废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 9

expand elaborate enlarge expound distend expatiate exposit flesh out lucubrate

上位词 4

clarify widen clear up elucidate

下位词 10

detail instance specialize specify illustrate specialise exemplify expound exposit particularise

词源

First attested in 1393, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dilaten, from Old French dilater, from Latin dīlātō (“to spread out”), from dī- + lātus (“wide”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of dilatate.

来源：wiktionary