| 单词 | expand |
| 释义 | expand (once / 134 pages) v The verb expand means to make something bigger or wider. It might refer to something concrete, as when you blow into a balloon and make it expand, or something more abstract, as when you study to expand your mind. Expand is a combination of the Latin words ex-, meaning "out," and pandere, "to spread." The idea of spreading out was always there, though the current idea of something actually becoming larger was first recorded in the mid-17th century. Expand is a versatile word that can refer to anything getting bigger, from a nation's growing influence in a neighboring country to a waistline that needs a larger belt. WORD FAMILYexpand: expandable, expanded, expanding, expands, expansible, expansion, expansive+/expansion: expansionism, expansions/expansionism: expansionist/expansive: expansively, expansiveness, expansivity, unexpansive USAGE EXAMPLESOfficial data on Sunday also showed China's manufacturing sector expanded in December, indicating the world's second-largest economy is entering 2017 on solid footing. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) A bipartisan collection of U.S. lawmakers is gearing up to expand CFIUS’s legal mandate, in part to demand greater access by U.S. investors into China. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) “We think this expanded choice, which the president-elect is proposing, should be part of that solution,” Mr. Caldwell said recently on CNN. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v extend in one or more directions The dough expands Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper spread out contract, shrink become smaller or draw together dispread spread abroad or out bush outgrow outward grow become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain 2v become larger in size or volume or quantity his business expanded rapidly Hypo|Hyper balloon, billow, inflate become inflated intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesceexpand abnormally reflatebecome inflated again distendswell from or as if from internal pressure belly, belly outswell out or bulge out blow up, puff, puff out, puff upto swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" bloatbecome bloated or swollen or puff up blister, vesicateget blistered grow become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain 3v make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity expand the house by adding another wing Hypo|Hyper develop expand in the form of a series blow up, inflatefill with gas or air reflateinflate again billow, heave, surgerise and move, as in waves or billows enlarge make larger 4v exaggerate or make bigger Syn|Hypo|Hyper amplify, blow up, inflate puff up make larger or distend increase make bigger or more 5v grow vigorously Syn|Hypo|Hyper boom, flourish, thrive revive be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength luxuriatethrive profusely or flourish extensively grow become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain 6v add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten reduce in scope while retaining essential elements cut, edit, edit outcut and assemble the components of detail provide details for exposit, expound, set forthstate exemplify, illustrate, instanceclarify by giving an example of particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specifybe specific about depict, describe, drawgive a description of premiseset forth beforehand, often as an explanation spell outmake explicit; specify in detail clarify, clear up, elucidate make clear and (more) comprehensible 7v expand the influence of Syn|Hyper extend broaden, extend, widen extend in scope or range or area alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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