expand

[iks'pænd; ik'spænd]

词形变化: expandable expander expanded expanded expanding expands

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例句用法 短语词组 近反义词 海词讲解 英英解释

1.

Metals expand when they are heated.

金属遇热则膨胀。

2.

Our foreign trade has expanded during recent years.

近年来我们的对外贸易有所增加。

3.

The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine.

许多花的花瓣在阳光中绽放。

【近义词】

【反义词】

  • contract n.合同,婚约;v.缩小... shrink vi.收缩,退缩;vt....

【词源解说】

15世纪早期进入英语,直接源自盎格鲁法语的espaundre;最初源自古典拉丁语的expandere,意为伸开。

动词 expand:

1.

extend in one or more directions

同义词:spread out

2.

become larger in size or volume or quantity

3.

make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity

4.

grow vigorously

同义词:boom,thrive,flourish

5.

exaggerate or make bigger

同义词:inflate,blow up,amplify

6.

add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

同义词:elaborate,lucubrate,expatiate,exposit,enlarge,flesh out,expound,dilate

7.

expand the influence of

同义词:extend

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expand:expand vt. 使膨胀, 详述, 扩张vi. 张开, 发展 英英解释:动词expand:1. extend in one or more directions同义词:spread out2. b....详情>>
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