单词 | extend |
释义 | ex·tend transitive verb 1. a. Britain b. Britain c. obsolete 2. < with his body extended on the ground > : put into a horizontal and usually straight position < extending their arms in front of them > : straighten out (as a limb or other bodily part) : unbend < alternately flexing his arm and extending it > 3. a. < with the sails extended by yards > b. obsolete c. < a promising racehorse that had so far never been really extended > : push to full stride d. < people who would rather accept federal bounties than extend themselves — F.L.Allen > < his capacity for handling an immense amount of work without appearing to extend himself — Lamp > e. < extending ground meat with cereal > sometimes 4. a. < she extended both her hands to him — W.F.deMorgan > < a bald eagle with its wings extended > b. < extending their greetings > < extended hospitality to them > c. < financial aid will be extended where needed — Paul Wooton > 5. a. < extending the railroad to the next city > : cause to span an interval (as of distance, space, or time) < a rope bridge was extended over the chasm > : push to a farther point < extending the frontiers of knowledge > < city boundaries were extended to take in the entire county — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > : open out (a compass) b. < extending their visit > specifically c. < when disturbed, the creature extends its spines > d. < the Anglo-Saxons extended the use of the plow — L.D.Stamp > : cause to be more nearly complete or perfect : advance, further < extending man's knowledge of the universe > < the rest of the decade consolidated and extended those gains — Oscar Handlin > e. f. < the credit balance will be extended on the accounts > 6. a. < extending the surface of metal plates by hammering > : increase the size of : enlarge : make greater in extent < trying to extend its staff of trained personnel > b. < extending the sense of a word > < the name … was easily extended to the new land — P.E.James > < extend the force of the laws > : increase the action or capacity of < beauty, I suppose, opens the heart, extends the consciousness — Algernon Blackwood > : make more comprehensive, inclusive, or intensive : broaden, amplify < extending the range of their duties > c. archaic d. intransitive verb 1. < rugged hills and ravines extend in all directions — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < occupation of the fortress extended from the second century B.C. to the first century A.D. — J.E.M.White > : reach, spread 2. < an ancient bridge extends over the river > 3. < through a cupola … extends a thin square chimney — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < fruit trees that extended out over the farm fences — Sherwood Anderson > 4. of a serviceman Synonyms: < extend a road > < an extended trip > < extending his vacation > < federal grants to the states to extend and improve their health and welfare services for mothers and children — Americana Annual > lengthen is likely to refer to what constitutes or may be thought of as similar in some way to a line < lengthen a road > < a lengthened period > < the lengthening of the average life span by more than twenty years since the last century — Collier's Year Book > elongate suggests a stretching out resulting in a long narrow frame or shape or to unusual length < elongated fibers > < an elongated segment > < the old man's gaunt and elongated frame > prolong is likely to indicate a drawing out or stretching out in duration < a prolonged discussion > < withstanding a prolonged siege > < a strange, secret life, prolonged for half a century in Paris — Van Wyck Brooks > protract, often close to extend or prolong, may suggest needlessness, boredom, vexation, indefiniteness < litigation protracted through a decade > < the protracted interruption of steel production by labor difficulties — Americana Annual > < his temptation will be to protract negotiations on the minor points still outstanding — New Statesman & Nation > |
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