distend

读音：[di'stend]

v. 扩大, 扩张, 吹大

例句与用法：

Swollen or distended beyond normal size by fluid or gaseous material.

肿胀的液体或气体材料超过正常尺寸的肿胀或膨胀

Having eyes with greatly distended pupils.

眼珠暴突的具有带有膨大的瞳孔的眼睛的

词形变化：

动词过去式: distended | 动词过去分词: distended | 动词现在分词: distending | 动词第三人称单数: distends |

vt.

使膨胀; 使扩张

distended veins

扩张的血管

vi.

膨胀; 扩张

The stomachs of starving people often distend.

饥民的腹部常鼓得大大的。

distend

过去式：distended

过去分词：distended

现在进行时：distending

词形变化：

动词过去式: distended | 动词过去分词: distended | 动词现在分词: distending | 动词第三人称单数: distends |

词义辨析：

同义:

vt.vi.扩大; 吹大

expand  swell  stretch  widen  enlarge  magnify  increase  bulge  

同义参见:

aggrandize  broaden  balloon   distenddistendD.J.:[diˈstend]K.K.:[dɪˈstɛnd]vt. & vi.
1.翻译：(使)膨胀, 肿胀

distend[dis'tend]vt.
1.翻译：使扩张；使上涨；向面扩散：Habitual overeating had distended the boy's stomach.习惯性的暴食使这男孩的胃扩张了。
2.翻译：使膨胀；使肿胀：Air distends a balloon.空气使气球膨胀。The children's stomachs were distended by malnutrition.孩子们的胃因营养不良而肿胀了。
3.翻译：吹嘘；夸大(重要性等)：to distend the facts夸大事实vi.
1.翻译：扩张；膨胀；肿胀；上涨：The balloon distended to about five inches in length.气球膨胀长约5英寸。The sea distended about us.我们周围的海水上涨了。近义词expand

distenddistend[disˈtend]vt.,vi.
1.翻译：扩张; 膨胀The abdomen distend s.腹部胀大。继承用法distendern.参考词汇见expand; distend
[dɪˈstɛnd]
verb
[with obj.]cause (something) to swell by stretching it from inside
使膨胀
air is introduced into the stomach to distend it.
将空气导入胃部使之膨胀。
[as adj. distended]a distended belly.
鼓胀的腹部。
翻译：[no obj.]swell out because of pressure from inside
膨胀
the abdomen distended rapidly.
腹部迅速鼓起。派生
distensibility
noun
distensible
adjective
distension
noun
语源
late Middle English: from Latin distendere, from dis- 'apart' + tendere 'to stretch'

distend

动词 distend:

become wider

同义词：dilate

cause to expand as it by internal pressure

swell from or as if from internal pressure