dilate
verb[IorT]
uk/daɪˈleɪt/us/ˈdaɪ.leɪt/to (causeapartof thebodyto)becomewiderorfurtheropen:
(使身体的一部分)扩张,展开Thepupilsof theeyesdilate asdarknessincreases.光线变暗时瞳孔就会放大。
Thisdrugwill dilate thearteries.这种药可以扩张动脉血管。
Enlarging and inflating
- augmentation
- balloon
- bloat
- broaden
- build(someone/something)up
- bulk
- deepen
- explosively
- flare
- fluffsomethingup
- implacably
- inflation
- lengthen
- maximize
- puff
- reinflate
- reinflation
- scalesomethingup
- stretch
- widen
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Becoming bigger
Phrasal verb
dilate on/uponsomething