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expandable

/ik-spand/US // ɪkˈspænd //UK // (ɪkˈspænd) //

可扩展,可扩展的,可扩充,可拓展

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
    • : to spread or stretch out; unfold: A bird expands its wings.
    • : to express in fuller form or greater detail; develop: to expand a short story into a novel.
    • : Mathematics. to write so as to show the products of its factors.Compare factor. to rewrite as a sum, product, etc., of terms of a particular kind: to expand a function in a power series.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to increase or grow in extent, bulk, scope, etc.: Most metals expand with heat. The mind expands with experience.
    • : to spread out; unfold; develop: The buds had not yet expanded.
    • : to express something more fully or in greater detail: to expand on a statement.

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Examples

  • Wish said that most of its vendors are in China, although it’s trying to expand its roster of local suppliers.

  • As capacity expanded in later weeks, Kotz said, the university added 49 more nursing facilities.

  • The research team is currently expanding on this research and beginning new research focused on partner violence, surgery delays and digital mental healthcare during the pandemic.

  • Those training camps are expected to last two weeks, but teams that did not take part in the expanded 2020 postseason will get an extra week.

  • In response to the influx, York expanded its EL program and hired more teachers, including some who now help teach popular electives like auto mechanics.

  • The trooper reached with her right hand for her expandable baton.