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

• 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。
• 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。
• Elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes.
  细长扁平有点象鳗的鱼。
• Experimented with losing their legs and becoming elongate, crawling creatures.
  尝试丢掉四肢，变成长长地、爬行地动物。
• Elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
  长鱼，没有骨盆鳍和带状物，或已经退化。
• Inflorescence a terminal open panicle with elongate central axis;
  花序一顶生开阔的的圆锥花序具拉长主轴线；
• These sandstone bodies form elongate lenses.
  这些砂岩体形成伸长的透镜体。
• The late period delta body is elongate shape, which is typical delta controlled by river.
  晚期三角洲体为伸长状三角洲，为典型的河控三角洲。
• Rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria.
  延长细菌，质硬，螺旋曲线状。
• 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。