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distend 音標拼音: [dɪst'ɛnd] vt.
vi. (使)擴大,(使)擴張 (使)擴大,(使)擴張 distend v 1: become wider; " His pupils were dilated" [ synonym: { dilate}, { distend}] 2: cause to expand as it by internal pressure; " The gas distended the animal' s body" 3: swell from or as if from internal pressure; " The distended bellies of the starving cows" Distend \ Dis* tend"\, v. i. To become expanded or inflated; to swell. " His heart distends with pride." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Distend \ Dis* tend"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Distended}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Distending}.] [ L. distendere, distentum, distensum; dis- tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, d[' e] tendre to unbend. See { Tend}, and cf. { Detent}.] 1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased? -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. 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. [ 1913 Webster] The warmth distends the chinks. -- Dryden. Syn: To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate. [ 1913 Webster] 55 Moby Thesaurus words for " distend": add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, bag, balloon, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, bloat, blow up, bouge, broaden, bug, build, build up, bulge, bulk, bulk out, crescendo, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, goggle, greaten, hike, hike up, huff, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, pooch, pop, pouch, pout, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, raise, rarefy, round out, snowball, stretch, sufflate, swell, swell out, tumefy, up, widen
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