lengthened

英 [ˈleŋθənd]

美 [ˈleŋθənd]

v.  (使)变长
lengthen的过去分词和过去式

过去式：lengthened　过去分词：lengthened　

BNC.41576 / COCA.39251

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）加长；（使）伸长
  When somethinglengthensor when youlengthenit, it increases in length.
  1. The evening shadows were lengthening...
     残阳下的影子越拉越长。
  2. She began to walk faster, but he lengthened his stride to keep up with her...
     她开始加快步子，但他加大了步幅跟着她。
  3. The runway had to be lengthened.
     跑道需要加长。
• V-ERG （使）（时间）延长；（使…）持续更长时间
  When somethinglengthensor when youlengthenit, it lasts for a longer time than it did previously.
  1. Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened...
     假期延长，工作周就缩短了。
  2. The council does not support lengthening the school day to fit in other activities.
     委员会不支持通过延长在校时间来插入其他活动。

英英释义

adj

• drawn out or made longer spatially
  1. Picasso's elongated Don Quixote
  2. lengthened skirts are fashionable this year
  3. the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes
  4. a prolonged black line across the page
  Synonym:elongatedextendedprolonged

双语例句

• She began to walk faster, but he lengthened his stride to keep up with her
  她开始加快步子，但他加大了步幅跟着她。
• The chief exception was lengthened second-stage propellant tanks to increase the payload by 300 kilograms.
  一个主要的例外就在于将第二阶段的推进箱加长，以便增加300千克的载重量。
• Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.
  裙子被修长或剪短；领圈被拉低或抬高，等等。
• In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king's life.
  在他的时代，太阳曾向后退，他因此延长了君王的寿命。
• A reclining chair with a lengthened seat that supports the outstretched legs.
  一种带加长的底座以支撑外伸的腿的可斜躺的椅子。
• Below what circumstance can be the getting deadline of unemployed insurance gold lengthened?
  失业保险金的领取期限在什么情况下可延长？
• A critical task, if lengthened or delayed, will delay the end of the project.
  如果关键任务的时间被加长或延迟，会使整个项目延迟结束。
• The afternoon shadows lengthened.
  下午影子渐渐变长了。
• Indeed, the menu should be lengthened by inventing new arrangements or revisiting old ones.
  实际上，现在的企业形式清单还应该通过发明新方式或是改进老方式来再加长一点。
• A noncritical task can be lengthened or delayed without affecting the end of the project.
  非关键任务可以被加长或延迟，而不影响项目的结束。