单词	heighten
释义	English American heightenverb [ I or T ] uk/ˈhaɪ.tən/us/ˈhaɪ.t̬ən/ to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect: The strong police presence only heightened the tension among the crowd. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Increasing and intensifying -ify a snowball effect idiom accretion accumulate accumulative add fuel to the fire idiom balloon bump dial growing hot up increase increment pile rack speed-up spurt step *step sth* up supersize See more results » heightenverb [ I/T ] us/ˈhɑɪt·ən/ to increase, esp. an emotion or effect:** [ I ] As the excitement heightened, the audience began stamping their feet. [ T ] The high winds heightened concerns about forest fires.
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