expanded
past simple and past participle ofexpand
| 单词 | expanded |
| 释义 | expanded past simple and past participle ofexpand expand verb[IorT] uk/ɪkˈspænd/us/ɪkˈspænd/B2 toincreaseinsize,number, orimportance, or to make somethingincreasein this way: Theairin theballoonexpands whenheated. They expandedtheirretailoperationsduring the 1980s. to increase
Enlarging and inflating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Increasing and intensifying Phrasal verbexpand onsomething Examplesofexpandedexpanded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. As with allexpandedlectures, it suffers from unevenness of extrapolation, or even over-elaboration. From theCambridge English Corpus On each twig the second or third fullyexpandedleaf (numbered from apex to base) was selected. From theCambridge English Corpus It hasexpandedthrough the profession and differentiated, so that it is not always recognizable as a distinct movement anymore. From theCambridge English Corpus In the 1950s it actually diminished until the urban force wasexpandedsubstantially towards the end of the decade. From theCambridge English Corpus By and large, these therapeutic paradigms focused primarily on adults rather than children, although theyexpandedthe possibilities for therapy with children. From theCambridge English Corpus As residential use became ever more important, average house sizeexpandedas well. From theCambridge English Corpus The truth is that the use of both languages hasexpandedconsiderably, but as for standards falling or rising, there is no easy answer. From theCambridge English Corpus This scene falls into a kind of modified double-aria form, in which the dramatically kinetic sections are greatlyexpanded. From theCambridge English Corpus Non-state homes for the elderlyexpandedextremely rapidly. From theCambridge English Corpus Aside from anexpandedintroduction by all three authors, the chapter headings remain virtually the same. From theCambridge English Corpus Secondly, liberal economic policies initiated during this timeexpandedthe use of social assistance, thereby increasing budgetary outlays. From theCambridge English Corpus It is in this context that a small number of men have recently either begun orexpandedhigh-end export vegetable trades. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, exterior walls became interior ones as the museum collectionexpanded. From theCambridge English Corpus Such extraction is used in phasevocoder techniques,expandedto more complex methods extracting individual partials, noise and transients. From theCambridge English Corpus First, the literature on ethnic politics isexpandedby focusing on the grassroots level during periods of ' normal ' politics. 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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