distend
读音：[di'stend]
v. 扩大, 扩张, 吹大
例句与用法：
Swollen or distended beyond normal size by fluid or gaseous material.
肿胀的液体或气体材料超过正常尺寸的肿胀或膨胀
Having eyes with greatly distended pupils.
眼珠暴突的具有带有膨大的瞳孔的眼睛的
词形变化：
动词过去式: distended | 动词过去分词: distended | 动词现在分词: distending | 动词第三人称单数: distends |
vt.
使膨胀; 使扩张
distended veins
扩张的血管
vi.
膨胀; 扩张
The stomachs of starving people often distend.
饥民的腹部常鼓得大大的。
distend
过去式：distended
过去分词：distended
现在进行时：distending
词形变化：
动词过去式: distended | 动词过去分词: distended | 动词现在分词: distending | 动词第三人称单数: distends |
词义辨析：
同义:
vt.vi.扩大; 吹大
expand swell stretch widen enlarge magnify increase bulge同义参见:
aggrandize broaden balloon distenddistendD.J.:[diˈstend]K.K.:[dɪˈstɛnd]vt. & vi.1.翻译：(使)膨胀, 肿胀
distend[dis'tend]vt.
1.翻译：使扩张；使上涨；向面扩散：Habitual overeating had distended the boy's stomach.习惯性的暴食使这男孩的胃扩张了。
2.翻译：使膨胀；使肿胀：Air distends a balloon.空气使气球膨胀。The children's stomachs were distended by malnutrition.孩子们的胃因营养不良而肿胀了。
3.翻译：吹嘘；夸大(重要性等)：to distend the facts夸大事实vi.
1.翻译：扩张；膨胀；肿胀；上涨：The balloon distended to about five inches in length.气球膨胀长约5英寸。The sea distended about us.我们周围的海水上涨了。近义词expand
1.翻译：扩张; 膨胀The abdomen distend s.腹部胀大。继承用法distendern.参考词汇见expand; distend
[dɪˈstɛnd]
verb
[with obj.]cause (something) to swell by stretching it from inside
使膨胀
air is introduced into the stomach to distend it.
将空气导入胃部使之膨胀。
[as adj. distended]a distended belly.
鼓胀的腹部。
翻译：[no obj.]swell out because of pressure from inside
膨胀
the abdomen distended rapidly.
腹部迅速鼓起。派生
distensibility
noun
distensible
adjective
distension
noun
语源
late Middle English: from Latin distendere, from dis- 'apart' + tendere 'to stretch'
distend
动词 distend:
become wider
同义词：dilate
cause to expand as it by internal pressure
swell from or as if from internal pressure