单词 | elongate |
释义 | elongateadj. Lengthened, prolonged, extended; esp. in Botany and Zoology that is long in proportion to its breadth; that has a lengthened, slender, or tapering form. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] longOE eavelonga1387 long-warpeda1400 oblong?a1425 long-shaped1575 longwise1600 oblongish1665 elongate1828 elongated1828 oblongitudinal1892 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 196 Lip elongate..narrowing towards the point. 1847 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 5. 235 The remaining five forming an elongate club. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 336 Immense unrecognised creatures of elongate form roam the ocean. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 103 Peduncles elongate. Derivatives Hence as combining form ˈelongato-, in various zoological terms. elongato-conical adj. ΚΠ 1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 276 Ridges small, acute, sometimes elongato-conical. elongato-ovate adj. ΚΠ 1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 932 Hand..elongato-ovate. elongato-triangular adj. that has the form or outline of a lengthened cone, egg, triangle. ΚΠ 1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 483 Beak lamellar, elongato-triangular. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). elongatev.ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > put at or remove to a distance farOE fersec1000 far-casta1340 removec1384 proloynec1425 prolong1440 purloin1461 elong1477 enstrange1483 eloin1535 elongatec1540 distance1578 discoast1583 eloinate1642 outpost1864 distantiate1924 c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne B j a Let the common howse of esement be..elongatyd from the howse. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Elongate, to remove afar off. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Elongate, to remove or carry a great way off. 2. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go or move away specifically of things forgoc950 worthOE atgoc1175 alithec1275 withdraw1297 lenda1350 withgoa1400 to go farewellc1400 voidc1400 startc1405 overdrawa1450 recedec1450 sinkc1450 remove1481 regress1552 to-gang1596 elongate1646 abscede1650 discede1650 to take a walk1871 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 63 But elongating from the coast of Brasilia toward the shore of Africa it [the south point] varyeth Eastward. View more context for this quotation 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Elongate, to go off to a distance. Categories » b. spec. in Astronomy: To recede apparently from the sun or a fixed point in the celestial sphere; said, e.g., of a star or a planet. 3. transitive. To lengthen, draw out, prolong. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [verb (transitive)] > lengthen elongc1420 protend?a1475 lengthen1555 extend1569 produce1570 prolong1574 elongate1578 carry1587 run1630 continue1667 to run outa1670 prolongate1671 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 107 It [sc. spinal marrow] is..a portion of the brayne elongated. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Elongate, to prolong. 1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. i. 6 Time has been given for the adhesions to be elongated by the motion of the heart. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft vii. 217 The mode of elongating a goat's back by means of a spit. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vii. 57 Having thus elongated and emphasized the word. 4. Botany (intransitive) To grow or increase in length; to be lengthy; to have a slender or tapering form. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > have particular form or function [verb (intransitive)] > form particular shape ramify1576 digitate1796 elongate1801 1801 T. A. Knight in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 41 340 The wood between the bunch and the next leaf below, has ceased to elongate. 1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide 128 The minutest Fibres both expand and elongate with facility. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 263 Linaria repens..Racemes elongating. Derivatives ˈelongating adj. that elongates. ΚΠ 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 422 The patent elongating socket. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1828v.c1540 |
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