dilate

🇺🇸 /daɪˈleɪt/ 🇬🇧 /daɪˈleɪt/
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verb
R

to get bigger or to make something open wider

When it gets dark, your pupils dilate to let in more light.

天黑时，你的瞳孔会扩大以让进更多的光。

translation

v. 扩大

词形变化

3rd Present dilates
Past dilated
Perfect dilated
Progressive dilating

同义词

distend v. 膨胀 augment v. 增大 inflate v. 充气, 夸大, 抬高 accelerate v. 加速, 开始加速 enlarge v. 放大, 放大（照片或文件） swell v. 膨胀, 凸起, 增长, 增强, 情绪高涨 expand v. 扩大, 扩张, 详述 extend v. 延长, 扩展, 包含, 跨越, 伸展, 提供, 竭尽全力 add v. 添加, 相加, 补充说, 赋予特色 multiply v. 乘, 增加, 繁殖 increase v. 增加

反义词

abridge v. 缩短 constrict v. 收缩, 限制 compress v. 压缩 curtail v. 减少 abbreviate v. 缩写 shorten v. 缩短 condense v. 冷凝, 浓缩, 压缩 contract n. 合同, 雇佣杀人

形近词

dilute v. 稀释, 削弱 deflate v. 放气, 打击信心, 紧缩 dictate v. 命令, 支配, 口述