单词 | expand |
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音标 | [iks'pænd] |
解释 | v.扩大,膨胀 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v.扩大,膨胀(to increase in extent, size, scope, or volume) 【考】 expand : volume / proliferate : number(膨胀使体积增大/扩 增使数目增多) 【记】 ex+pand(分散) →分散出去→扩大 【同】 参考:expanse(宽广 空间); expansive(辽阔的, 开朗的)派生词: expansion (n.扩张,膨胀) 【例】 Iron expands when it is heated. |
字源 | expand (v) early 15c., "spread out, spread flat," from Anglo-French espaundre, Middle French espandre and directly from Latin expandere "to spread out, unfold, expand," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pandere "to spread, stretch" (see pace (n.)). Sense of "grow larger" first recorded 1640s. Related: Expanded; expanding. |
不择手段背单词 | v. (尺寸、体积、数量或范围)扩大, 膨胀; 详尽阐述 【记】ex出, pand展开-展开出去-扩大 【参】expansion(n 扩张; 膨胀); expanse(n 膨胀; 宽广空间) 【类】expand: volume = proliferate: number膨胀使体积增大 = 增生扩散使数目增多 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】ex出,外 + pand 展开→向外展开→扩大;ex + 音:膨大,胖大 【相关】expansive 辽阔的,开朗的 |
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