Lengthen
[ 'lɛŋθən ]
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vt.& vi. 延长;伸长;
💡 词根助记
length长度+en变成 →使延长，伸长
📝 例句
Ask the tailor to lengthen this skirt.
请裁缝把这条裙子放长。
The farmers try hard to lengthen the service life of their farm tools.
农民们想尽一切办法延长农具的使用年限。
shorten [lengthen] one's grip
短握 [长握] 球棒
Ask the tailor to lengthen my coat because it is too short for me.
让裁缝把我的大衣放长些,我穿着太短了。
Ask the tailor to lengthen this skirt.
请裁缝把这条裙子放长。
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📖 牛津释义
lengthen
v [I, Tn] (cause sth to) become longer （使某物）变长
The days start to lengthen in March. 三月份白昼开始变长.
lengthen a skirt 把裙子放长. Cf 参看 shorten.
🔁 扩展释义
*['leŋθәn]vt. 加长, 使延长vi. 变长【机】 延长
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Her clothes are here, or at least most of them.
她的衣服在这里，至少大部分衣服还在。
Or possibly I should have gone to the manager and told him who was stealing meat.
或者我早该去找经理，告诉他谁在偷肉。
He was interested in all spiritual matters, not only in the Indian gods.
他不仅仅对印度的神灵，而且对所有的宗教事务都感兴趣。