单词 | distend |
释义 | dis·tend transitive verb 1. archaic 2. a. < the main outlines of the land yet lay clearly distended before them — Norman Douglas > b. < the bat's body was so distended that it appeared spherical — R.L.Ditmars & A.M.Greenhall > < a distended bladder > < distended nostrils > c. < the distended profits of the enemy trade — F.L.Paxson > < a much-distended land power — W.G.East > < this simple drama as it has been distended into a spectacle to catch the eye of Broadway — John Mason Brown > : unduly increase or magnify the importance of < print headlines that attract the reader, even if the facts of the story have to be distended — Jean Hills > intransitive verb < her eyes seemed to distend with surprise > Synonyms: see expand |
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