英语词汇“dilate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dilatedilate /daɪˈleɪt, ˈdaɪleɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYdilate

Origin: 1300-1400 French dilater, from Latin latus wide

VERB TABLE

dilate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	dilate
	he, she, it	dilates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dilated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dilated
	he, she, it	has dilated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dilated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dilate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dilated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dilating
	he, she, it	is dilating
	you, we, they	are dilating
Past	I, he, she, it	was dilating
	you, we, they	were dilating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dilating
	he, she, it	has been dilating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dilating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dilating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dilating

science, biology to become wider or more open, or to cause something to do this: The drops dilate the patient’s pupils. [Origin: 1300–1400 French dilater, from Latin latus wide]dilate on/upon something phrasal verb formal to speak or write a lot about something: He dilated upon their piety.