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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