dilate

🇺🇸 /daɪˈleɪt/ 🇬🇧 /daɪˈleɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to get bigger or to make something open wider

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

translation

v. to get bigger or to make something open wider

Word Forms

3rd Present dilates
Past dilated
Perfect dilated
Progressive dilating

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Similar Words

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