中英互译
lengthen
英 /ˈleŋθən/美 /ˈleŋθən/
基本释义
- vt.使延长;加长
- vi.延长;变长
第三人称单数lengthens
现在分词lengthening
过去式lengthened
过去分词lengthened
TOEFL
双语例句
- When 28% of English children aged two to 15 are obese, a national shift on the scale achieved by Leeds would lengthen hundreds of thousands of lives.英国2至15岁儿童中有28%患有肥胖症,利兹市所实现的全国性转变将延长数十万人的寿命。
- Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that companies have no incentive to lengthen the life cycle of their products and reduce the revenue they would get from selling new goods.传统观点似乎认为,企业在延长产品生命周期和减少销售新产品的收入方面是没有动力的。
- I need to lengthen this skirt.我需要把裙子放长。来自《牛津词典》
网络短语
- lengthen label加长符号;加长标号
- extend lengthen prolong extend指直线状的伸展;引申指扩大势力
- LRN LENGTHEN长度
- lengthen symbol加长符号
- lengthen your vessel延长身体
词语扩展
adj.
adv.
n.
- enlarge/extend/stretch/prolong/inflate/expand/increase/multiply/lengthen/add/augment/amplify
- enlarge放大(照片)
- extend使…(在空间或时间上)更大,更长;伸长,伸展,延展;舒展(肢体),extend sth
- stretchvt 拉长,撑大;绵延,延续
- prolong人为的延长时间
- inflate使(轮胎、气球等)充气,膨胀,inflate sth (with sth)
- expand使…变大,扩大,扩展,expand sth into sth
- increase增加,增大(数目、数量、体积等),increase sth from…to…
- multiply成倍的增加
- lengthen指自然的延长时间或空间
- add加,添加,add sth to sth
- augmentvt 增多,增大,augment sth
- amplify特指音量,电流等的扩大
- extend/stretch/prolong/lengthen
词义分布
延长
85.5%
加长
12.8%
变长
1.7%
英英释义
- v.make longer
- v.become long or longer
- v.to make or become longer
(使)变长;(使)加长- The sun went down and the shadows lengthened.太阳下山了,影子变长了。
- This exercise will lengthen the muscles in your legs.这项运动会使你腿上的肌肉变长。
词源
- lengthen加长length,长度,-en,使。
- lengthen(使)变长,延长词根词缀: length长度 + -en动词词尾
- lengthenFrom length + -en.