lengthening
present participle oflengthen
| 单词 | lengthening |
| 释义 | lengthening present participle oflengthen lengthen verb[IorT] uk/ˈleŋ.θən/us/ˈleŋ.θən/C1 to make somethinglonger, or tobecomelonger: I'll have to lengthen thisskirt. lengtheningwaitinglists If you lengthen something, or it lengthens, ittakeslongertohappen: There is aplanto lengthen the three-yearcourseto fouryears. Opposite shorten Enlarging and inflating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming bigger Continue & last Examplesoflengtheninglengthening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Lengtheningappears to occur less frequently among trochaic systems than iambic systems, and an analysis of rhythmic lengthening must account for this asymmetry. From theCambridge English Corpus Lengtheningthe spike has the effect of moving the point of re-attachment of the separated layer up the nose of the body towards the shoulder. From theCambridge English Corpus We know, and the results confirmed, thatlengtheningthe initial links (choice phase) has a dramatic and quantifiably predictable effect on preference. From theCambridge English Corpus The elastic phrase : modeling the dynamics of boundaryadjacentlengthening. From theCambridge English Corpus Increasing the proportion of banana residue in the mixture (as in the 2: 1: 1 treatments) meanslengtheningthe composting period to 8 weeks. From theCambridge English Corpus The forms withlengtheningmarked by an aleph also provide evidence for the compensatorylengtheningdiscussed in the following section. From theCambridge English Corpus Although the relevantlengtheningalways occurs in a stressed syllable, we will see thatlengtheningcannot be explained by the position of stress. From theCambridge English Corpus There are two ways to produce rhythmiclengtheningusing nonfinality : non-finality in the syllable and non-finality in the foot. From theCambridge English Corpus The first is the observation mentioned above thatlengtheningoccurs with greater frequency among iambic systems than it does among trochaic systems. From theCambridge English Corpus Characteristics oflengtheningcontractions associated with injury to skeletal muscle fibers. From theCambridge English Corpus Lengtheningis a change in the length feature (and\\or the tense feature) whilst umlaut fronts back vowels. From theCambridge English Corpus Thislengtheningof the growing season provides more opportunities for pathogenic relationships and greater potential for affecting other nearby crops. From theCambridge English Corpus He demonstrates that phonetic duration, as found for example in word-size differences and in phrase-finallengthening, has a role in permitting greater tonal contrasts. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, it is generally assumed that the intonationally defined hierarchy is correlated with the degree of phrase-finallengtheningand the existence of pause. From theCambridge English Corpus It is worth noting that, although small, thelengtheningof the intermediate intervals is not negligible. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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