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Expand Balloon Filled Make Refer Idea Larger ɪk'spænd

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Pron [ɪk'spænd]
Back 【EXPAND】
The balloon expanded as it was filled with air.
那气球因填满了空气而膨胀。
【重点词汇】
expand v. 膨胀
be filled with: 充满着
Vocab
expandextend in one or more directions

The verb expand means to make something bigger or wider. It might refer to something concrete, as when you blow into a balloon and make it expand, or something more abstract, as when you study to expand your mind.

Expand is a combination of the Latin words ex-, meaning "out," and pandere, "to spread." The idea of spreading out was always there, though the current idea of something actually becoming larger was first recorded in the mid-17th century. Expand is a versatile word that can refer to anything getting bigger, from a nation's growing influence in a neighboring country to a waistline that needs a larger belt.

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