elongate
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈiː.lɒŋ.ɡeɪt/us/ɪˈlɑːŋ.ɡeɪt/tobecomeor make somethingbecomelonger, and oftenthinner:
(使)变长;(使)延长;(使)变得细长Thecellselongate as they take inwater.细胞吸水后变长。
Synonym
stretch
Compare
lengthen
Becoming bigger
- accrete
- accrue
- anti-growth
- bell
- billow
- bump
- engorged
- enlarge
- enlargement
- expansion
- extend
- extension
- oak
- putsomethingon
- regenerate
- scalability
- scalable
- scaleable
- shoot
- stretch
elongate
adjective
biologyspecializeduk/ˈiː.lɒŋ.ɡeɪt/us/ɪˈlɑːŋ.ɡeɪt/having ashapethat is muchlongerthan it iswide:
细长的Acanthoclinus are elongatefishes.棘鮗属鱼的体型都十分细长。
Narrow and thin
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuation
- narrow
- narrowness
- railroad
- tapering
- thin
- thinly
- ultra-thin
- wafer-thin