dilatedilateD.J.:[dai?leit]K.K.:[da??let, ?da??let]vt. & vi.1.■(使某物)擴大, 膨脹, 張大Her eyes dilated with terror.她嚇得瞪大了眼睛。The cat dilated its eyes.貓瞪大了雙眼。

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dilate[dai'leit; di-]vt.1.■擴大，擴展，伸張：The medicine dilated the blood vessels.藥物擴張了血管。Gas dilates the balloon.氣體使氣球膨脹。2.■[古語]詳述，細說：to dilate a subject詳細論述一題目vi.1.■膨脹；擴張，擴大：The cat's eyes dilated in the darkness.在黑暗中貓眼睜大了。The balloon will dilate with air.氣球充氣將會膨脹。2.■(說話、寫作)詳述，細說，鋪敘(與on，upon連用)：If there were time,I could dilate upon this subject.假如有時間我可詳細論述一下這個問題。近義詞expand變形vt.dilateddilating

dilatedilate[dai?leit]vt.1.■使膨脹with dilated eyes瞪著眼睛Gas dilates the balloon.氣體使汽球膨脹。

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詞性變化dilate[dai?leit]vi.1.■擴張, 膨脹2.■詳述(upon) dilate on [upon]詳述(某一題目)

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繼承用法dilated[da??le?t?d,d?-]adj.1.■擴張的; 膨脹的

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