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expand

[iks'pand]

v.使 ... 膨脹, 詳述, 擴張, 增加, 張開

例句與用法：

Metals expand when they are heated.

金屬遇熱則膨脹。

Our foreign trade has expanded during recent years.

近年來我們的對外貿易有所增加。

The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine.

許多花的花瓣在陽光中綻放。

詞形變化：

形容詞: expandable | 名詞: expander | 動詞過去式: expanded | 動詞過去分詞: expanded | 動詞現在分詞: expanding | 動詞第三人稱單數: expands |

英文解釋:

動詞 expand:

extend in one or more directions

同義詞：spread out

become larger in size or volume or quantity

make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity

grow stronger

同義詞：boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish

exaggerate or make bigger

同義詞：inflate, blow up, amplify

add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

同義詞：elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expound, dilate

expand the influence of

同義詞：extend

同義詞

swell | enlarge | grow | increase | magnify | inflate | extend | unfold | broaden | spread | spread out | dilate | develop | open out | amplify | multiply | sprawl | balloon | branch | flare | distend | stretch | augment | pump | lucubrate | thrive | expatiate | exposit | flourish | blow up | expound | boom | flesh out | elaborate |

反義詞

contract | shrink |

以上來源於大辭典