elongate

英 [ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪt]

美 [ɪˈlɔːŋɡeɪt]

v. (使)变长，伸长; 拉长

现在分词：elongating　第三人称单数：elongates　过去分词：elongated　过去式：elongated　复数：elongates　

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BNC.33998 / COCA.24478

牛津词典

verb

（使）变长，伸长；拉长
to become longer; to make sth longer

柯林斯词典

V-ERG （使）拉长;（使）延长
If youelongatesomething or if itelongates, you stretch it so that it becomes longer.
1. 'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word...
  “妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。
2. Corn is treated when the stalk starts to elongate.
  在玉米秆开始拔节时，给玉米打药。

英英释义

verb

make long or longer by pulling and stretching
1. stretch the fabric
Synonym:stretch

adj

having notably more length than width
1. an elongate tail tapering to a point
2. the old man's gaunt and elongated frame
Synonym:elongated
(of a leaf shape) long and narrow
Synonym:linear

双语例句

Fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores. ( botany) of or relating to ascospores.
包围孢子生长的一种蕨类植物。（植物学）属于或与囊孢子有关。
Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters.
细长的欧洲水面生食肉鱼，颚部长并有牙齿；沿海水域颇多。
The new evidence from developmental biology is particularly damaging to the classical theory that feathers evolved from elongate scales.
其中，从前认为羽毛是由鳞片延伸而来的传统理论，在发生生物学的新证据面前尤其站不住脚。
In grasses the leaves elongate in the dark and break through the surrounding coleoptiles.
在草本植物中，叶子在黑暗中伸长，穿破包围它们的胚芽鞘而生长。
To avoid a double chin, elongate your neck and push your face forward a bit.
为了避免出现双下巴，拉长脖子，将脸部微微前伸。
'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word
“妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。
Small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs.
小型蜈蚣，体形较长，生活于土壤中或石头下，有30多对腿。
Flesh of eel; elongate fatty-fleshed fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels usually smoked or pickled.
鳗鱼的肉；在欧洲和美洲淡水中发现的含脂肪多的长条鱼；大鳗鱼通常烟熏或腌渍。
Any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Cymbidium, native to tropical Asia and Australia and extensively hybridized and cultivated for their elongate clusters of showy blooms.
兰花一种附生的兰属兰花，原产于热带亚洲和澳大利亚，并且因其细长的簇簇艳丽的花朵而被大面积杂交和种植。
Corn is treated when the stalk starts to elongate.
在玉米秆开始拔节时，给玉米打药。