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单词 enlarge
释义 enlarge
 —enlargeable,  adj.   —enlargedly /en lahr"jid lee, -lahrjd"-/,  adv.   —enlargedness,  n.   —enlargingly,  adv.  
 /en lahrj"/,  v.  , enlarged, enlarging.
  v.t.  
  1. to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to: They enlarged the house by adding an east wing.
  2. to increase the capacity or scope of; expand: We've decided to enlarge the company.
  3. to make (a photographic print) larger than the negative by projecting the negative's image through a lens onto photographic printing paper.
  v.i.  
  4. to grow larger; increase; expand.
  5. to speak or write at large; expatiate: to enlarge upon a point.
 [1350-1400; ME enlargen < OF enlargir, enlarger. See EN-1, LARGE]
 Syn. 1. extend, magnify, amplify, dilate. See increase.
 Ant. 1. diminish. 2. contract.
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