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加长,使延长变长
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Lengthen \Length"en\ (-'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lengthened}
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lengthening} (-'n*[i^]ng).]
To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration;
as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; --
sometimes followed by out.
What if I please to lengthen out his date. --Dryden.
Lengthen \Length"en\, v. i.
To become longer. --Locke.
资料来源 : WordNet®
lengthen
v 1: make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please" [ant: {shorten}]
2: become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen" [ant:
{shorten}]