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distend

/dih-stend/US // dɪˈstɛnd //UK // (dɪˈstɛnd) //

胀大,涨大,胀破,膨胀

Related Words

widen拓宽,加宽,扩大范围,扩大augment增补,扩增,加大,增强dilate使膨胀,使膨胀的,扩大,使膨胀和增加stretch伸展,延伸,绵延,伸长balloon球囊,热气球,气球,水球bloat臃肿,腹胀,胀气,膨胀enlarge扩大,扩大范围,扩大规模,扩大化distort歪曲,歪曲事实,扭曲,曲解lengthen加长,拉长,延长,拖长increase增加,提高,增长,增puff泡芙,扑通,扑面而来的,扑灭inflate膨胀,充气,膨大,充气机expand拓展,扩充,扩大,扩展amplify扩增,放大,扩音,扩容

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic: Habitual overeating had distended his stomach.
    • : to spread in all directions; expand; swell: The sea distended about them.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbulge, swell
Forms: distended
Synonyms
amplify扩增,放大,扩音,扩容augment增补,扩增,加大,增强balloon球囊,热气球,气球,水球bloat臃肿,腹胀,胀气,膨胀dilate使膨胀,使膨胀的,扩大,使膨胀和增加distort歪曲,歪曲事实,扭曲,曲解enlarge扩大,扩大范围,扩大规模,扩大化expand拓展,扩充,扩大,扩展increase增加,提高,增长,增inflate膨胀,充气,膨大,充气机lengthen加长,拉长,延长,拖长puff泡芙,扑通,扑面而来的,扑灭stretch伸展,延伸,绵延,伸长widen拓宽,加宽,扩大范围,扩大

Examples

  • They drink too much, their bellies distend, and most possess a predilection for siliconed blondes and themed belt buckles.

  • She was seized by the nose and chin, as if she had been a horse, and made to distend her jaws even painfully.

  • Furl—To roll up and make sails fast so that the wind cannot distend them.

  • At times he would distend himself with pneumatic vestments in the rococo vein.

  • It may seem surprising that the discoverer of the venous return felt the need of a deus ex machina to distend the right auricle.

  • This loose skin, that is now so folded up under my beak that you can scarcely see it, I can distend into an enormous pouch.

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