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单词 elongated
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elongatedadj.

/ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪtɪd//ɪˈlɒŋɡeɪtɪd/
Etymology: past participle of elongate v.
1. Made longer; drawn out or extended to an unusual or unnatural length.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > increasing in length > increased in length
extendedc1450
deduit1485
prolonged1557
produced1578
protensed1578
extent1641
prolated1715
lengthened1744
elongated1751
protracted1785
drawn-out1834
1751 R. O. Cambridge Scribleriad iii. 83 O'er all her Limbs were seen Th' elongated papillæ of the skin.
1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. I. vi. 217 An elongated maxim of Rochefoucault's.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth I. 251 He stood transfixed..sudden horror in his elongated countenance.
1870 F. Hall in H. H. Wilson tr. Vishṅu Puráṅa V. 68 [Bhíshmaka is] the elongated form of Bhíshma.
1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 26 Sept. 6/3 The lover of elongated farces.
2. That is excessively long in proportion to its breadth, as if drawn out or extended.
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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 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 49 Two of these edges..present anteriorly an elongated surface [Fr. une surface allongée].
1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxi. 305 One [species of crocodile]..has an elongated snout.
1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses iii. 13 The stem..consists more or less of elongated cells.
1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. ii. 131 The heart, an elongated tube.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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