distend[dis'tend]

• vt.
  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 吹嘘；夸大(重要性等)：

    to distend the facts

    夸大事实

• vi.
  • 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。

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