| 释义 |
Verb: expand ik'spand- Extend in one or more directions
"The dough expands"
- spread out - Become larger in size or volume or quantity
"his business expanded rapidly" - Make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
"expand the house by adding another wing" - Grow vigorously
- boom, thrive, flourish - Exaggerate or make bigger
- inflate, blow up, amplify - Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expound, dilate - Expand the influence of
- extend
Derived forms: expanded, expands, expanding See also: expansible, expansion, expansive Type of: alter, change, clarify, clear up, elucidate, enlarge, grow, increase, modify Antonym: contract Encyclopedia: Expand |