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单词 widen
释义 wid·en
\ˈwīdən\ verb
(widened ; widened ; widening \-d(ə)niŋ\ ; widens)
Etymology: wide (I) + -en
transitive verb
1. : to increase the width of : broaden
 < widen a road >
 < widen the breach between the former friends >
2. : to enlarge the scope or extend the range of : expand
 < widening … the domain of freedom — Stephen Duggan >
intransitive verb
1. : to grow or become wide or wider
 < a river widening at a bend >
 < my nostrils widen to the smell — Amy Lowell >
2. : to increase in extent or scope
 < his interests widened in college >
 < a vocabulary that widened from use — W.A.White >
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