| 释义 |
Verb: heighten hIt(u)n- Become more extreme
"The tension heightened"
- rise - Make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
"heightened interest" - Increase
"heighten the tension"
- enhance, raise - Increase the height of
"The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars" - Make (one's senses) more acute
- sharpen - Make more intense, stronger, or more marked
"Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"
- intensify, compound, deepen
Derived forms: heightens, heightening, heightened Type of: bring up, elevate, get up, increase, lift, raise |