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(使)伸出,(使)伸展

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Protend \Pro*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protended}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Protending}.] [L. protendere, protensum; pro before,
   forth + tendere to stretch.]
   To hold out; to stretch forth. [Obs.]

         With his protended lance he makes defence. --Dryden.