| 单词 | widen |
| 释义 | widen (once / 581 pages) v WORD FAMILY widen: widened, widening, widens+/wide: widely, widen, wideness, wider, wides, widest, width/widening: widenings/width: widths USAGE EXAMPLESTexas and Florida will widen their leads over New York as the No. 2 and No. 3 states, demographers predict. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Ms. Martin looked up at her companion with widened eyes. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The widening gap is “due to a boom in capital income,” according to research by French economist Thomas Piketty. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) 1v extend in scope or range or area widen the range of applications Syn|Hypo|Hyper broaden, extend expand, extend expand the influence of broaden make broader territorialise, territorializeextend by adding territory globalise, globalizemake world-wide in scope or application stretchextend the scope or meaning of; often unduly increase make bigger or more 2v make wider widen the road Hypo|Hyper white out widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v become broader or wider or more extensive The road widened Ant|Hypo|Hyper contract, narrow make or become more narrow or restricted flare, flare out become flared and widen, usually at one end dilate, distendbecome wider increase become bigger or greater in amount 4v make (clothes) larger Syn|Ant|Hyper let out take in make (clothes) smaller alter, change, vary become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence |
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