expand 音标拼音: [ɪksp'ænd]
vt .
展开;扩大,扩充,发展膨胀,扩张;张开,展开,使膨胀,使扩张;张开
展开;扩大,扩充,发展膨胀,扩张;张开,展开,使膨胀,使扩张;张开
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expand v 1 :
extend in one or more directions ; "
The dough expands " [
synonym :
{
expand }, {
spread out }] [
ant : {
contract }, {
shrink }]
2 :
become larger in size or volume or quantity ; "
his business expanded rapidly "
3 :
make bigger or wider in size ,
volume ,
or quantity ; "
expand the house by adding another wing "
4 :
grow vigorously ; "
The deer population in this town is thriving "; "
business is booming " [
synonym : {
boom }, {
thrive },
{
flourish }, {
expand }]
5 :
exaggerate or make bigger ; "
The charges were inflated " [
synonym :
{
inflate }, {
blow up }, {
expand }, {
amplify }]
6 :
add details ,
as to an account or idea ;
clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way ,
usually in writing ; "
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation " [
synonym :
{
elaborate }, {
lucubrate }, {
expatiate }, {
exposit }, {
enlarge },
{
flesh out }, {
expand }, {
expound }, {
dilate }] [
ant :
{
abbreviate }, {
abridge }, {
contract }, {
cut }, {
foreshorten },
{
reduce }, {
shorten }]
7 :
expand the influence of ; "
The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent " [
synonym : {
extend }, {
expand }]
Expand \
Ex *
pand "\,
v .
i .
To become widely opened ,
spread apart ,
dilated ,
distended ,
or enlarged ;
as ,
flowers expand in the spring ;
metals expand by heat ;
the heart expands with joy . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
Expand \
Ex *
pand "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Expanded };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Expanding }.] [
L .
expandere ,
expansum ;
ex out pandere to spread out ,
to throw open ;
perh .
akin to E .
patent .
Cf .
{
Spawn }.]
1 .
To lay open by extending ;
to open wide ;
to spread out ;
to diffuse ;
as ,
a flower expands its leaves .
[
1913 Webster ]
Then with expanded wings he steers his flight .
--
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart ,
thus increasing bulk without addition of substance ;
to make to occupy more space ;
to dilate ;
to distend ;
to extend every way ;
to enlarge ; --
opposed to {
contract };
as ,
to expand the chest ;
heat expands all bodies ;
to expand the sphere of benevolence .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Math .)
To state in enlarged form ;
to develop ;
as ,
to expand an equation .
See {
Expansion },
5 .
[
1913 Webster ]
119 Moby Thesaurus words for "
expand ":
add to ,
adulterate ,
aggrandize ,
amplify ,
attenuate ,
augment ,
balloon ,
beef up ,
bloat ,
blow up ,
bolster ,
boost ,
branch ,
branch out ,
broaden ,
build ,
build up ,
bulk ,
bulk out ,
complete ,
crescendo ,
cut ,
deal in generalities ,
deepen ,
deploy ,
descant ,
detail ,
develop ,
dilate ,
dilute ,
discourse ,
disperse ,
distend ,
ecumenicize ,
elaborate ,
embellish ,
enlarge ,
enlarge upon ,
enter into detail ,
etherealize ,
evolve ,
exalt ,
expatiate ,
explicate ,
extend ,
fan ,
fan out ,
fatten ,
fill out ,
flare ,
generalize ,
globalize ,
go into ,
greaten ,
grow ,
heighten ,
hike ,
hike up ,
huff ,
increase ,
inflate ,
jack up ,
jump up ,
labor ,
lengthen ,
magnify ,
make a generalization ,
maximize ,
mount ,
multiply ,
mushroom ,
open ,
open up ,
outspread ,
outstretch ,
overgrow ,
overrun ,
parlay ,
particularize ,
prolong ,
protract ,
puff ,
puff up ,
pump ,
pump up ,
put up ,
pyramid ,
raise ,
ramify ,
rarefy ,
rehearse in extenso ,
relate at large ,
snowball ,
spell out ,
splay ,
spraddle ,
sprangle ,
sprawl ,
spread ,
spread like wildfire ,
spread out ,
stretch ,
subtilize ,
sufflate ,
swell ,
thicken ,
thin ,
thin out ,
tumefy ,
unfold ,
universalize ,
up ,
upsurge ,
vise ,
water ,
water down ,
wax ,
widen ,
work out
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