Elongate
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 延长, 伸长
- ［英］ v. 延长, 伸长 ( to extend the length of)
- ［记］ e+long ( 长) +ate -> 长出去 -> 伸长
- ［同］ 同根词: longevity ( 长寿) ; longitude ( 经度)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
I. verb (-gated; -gating)
- Etymology: Late Latin elongatus, past participle of elongare, to withdraw, from Latin e- + longus
- Date: 1578
- transitive verb
- to extend the length of
- intransitive verb
- to grow in length
II. adjective or elongated
- Date: 1751
- 1. stretched out
- 2. slender
