lengthen

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make longer, to extend the length of. transitive
    — You need to lengthen the story if you want to have it published.
  2. To become longer. intransitive
    — The shadows on the lawn lengthened as the sun began to set.

词形变化

lengthens present,singular,third-person lengthening participle,present lengthened participle,past lengthened past

词汇关系

近义词
elongate draw out enlengthen extend lengthen produce prolong protract stretch
反义词
shorten abbreviate abridge amputate breviate clip
衍生词
compensatorily lengthen enlengthen lengthenable lengthen down lengthened lengthened grade lengthener lengthen out lengthen up overlengthen relengthen underlengthen
相关词
extrude
并列词
enwiden widen

词源

Etymology tree
English length
English -en
English lengthen
From length + -en.
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