Unfold



GRE TOEFL 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 展开, 打开; 逐渐呈现
• ［英］ v. 展开, 打开 ( open from a folded position)
• ［记］ un（不）+fold（折叠）

Webster Collegiate

• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to open the folds of ; spread or straighten out ; expand <unfolded the map>
    • b. to remove (as a package) from the folds ; unwrap
  • 2. to open to the view ; reveal; especially to make clear by gradual disclosure and often by recital
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to open from a folded state ; open out ; expand
    • b. blossom
  • 2. develop, evolve <as the story unfolds>
  • 3. to open out gradually to the view or understanding ; become known <a panorama unfolds before their eyes>
• ? unfoldment noun

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