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单词 distend
释义 distend
 —distender,  n.  
 /di stend"/,  v.t.  ,  v.i.  
  1. to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic: Habitual overeating had distended his stomach.
  2. to spread in all directions; expand; swell: The sea distended about them.
 [1375-1425; late ME ( < AF destendre) < L distendere, equiv. to dis- DIS-1 + tendere to stretch]
 Syn. 1. See expand. 1, 2. enlarge, bloat.
 Ant. 1, 2. shrink, contract.
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