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elongate 音標拼音: [ɪl'ɔŋget] vt.
vi. 延長,(使)伸延
a. 伸長的 延長,(使)伸延伸長的 elongate adj 1: ( of a leaf shape) long and narrow [ synonym: { linear}, { elongate}] 2: having notably more length than width; being long and slender; " an elongate tail tapering to a point"; " the old man' s gaunt and elongated frame" [ synonym: { elongate}, { elongated}] v 1: make long or longer by pulling and stretching; " stretch the fabric" [ synonym: { elongate}, { stretch}] Elongate \ E* lon" gate\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Elongated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Elongating}.] [ LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e L. longus long. See { Long}, a., and cf. { Eloign}.] 1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To remove further off. [ Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster]
Elongate \ E* lon" gate\, v. i. To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster]
Elongate \ E* lon" gate\, a. [ LL. elongatus.] Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. " An elongate form." -- Earle. [ 1913 Webster] 27 Moby Thesaurus words for " elongate": continue, drag out, draw, draw out, elongated, extend, extended, lengthen, lengthen out, lengthened, lengthy, let out, long, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, spin out, strain, stretch, stretch out, string, string out, tauten, tense, tighten
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