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

Expound \Ex*pound"\ ([e^]ks*pound"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Expounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expounding}.] [OE. exponen,
   expounen, expounden, fr. L. exponere to set out, expose,
   expound; ex out + ponere to put: cf. OE. expondre, expondre.
   See {Position}.]
   1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. [Obs.]

            He expounded both his pockets.        --Hudibras.

   2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of
      obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of
      Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.

            Expound this matter more fully to me. --Bunyan.

资料来源 : WordNet®

expounding
     n : a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written)
         of a specific topic [syn: {exposition}]