| 单词 | elongated |
| 释义 | elongated (once / 2815 pages) adj Something that's elongated is stretched out, or extended so that it's longer than usual. Some painters, like El Greco, are known for their strange, elongated figures. Things can be elongated because they're literally pulled and stretched, while others are described this way because they are very long and thin to start with. A young woman's elongated neck or your tall, skinny dad's elongated body are both examples of this. The Latin root is elongare, "to prolong or protract," from longus, or "long." WORD FAMILYelongated: elongatedly+/elongate: elongated, elongates, elongating, elongation/elongation: elongations USAGE EXAMPLESThe Virgin Mary’s slender body is elongated, perhaps to optically compensate for the sculpture’s likely placement in a high niche. Los Angeles Times(Nov 21, 2016) The term amyloid describes a particular type of elongated, unbranched protein fibril. Nature(Nov 08, 2016) These elongated fibres consist of long ribbons of β-sheet with the strands stacked perpendicular to the fibre axis. Nature(Nov 08, 2016) 1adj drawn out or made longer spatially Picasso's elongated Don Quixote Syn extended, lengthened, prolonged long primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified 2adj having notably more length than width; being long and slender the old man's gaunt and elongated frame Syn elongate long primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified |
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