distend

英 [dɪ'stend] 美[dɪ'stɛnd]
  • vt. 使…膨胀;使…扩张
  • vi. 扩张;膨胀

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词态变化


第三人称单数: distends;过去式: distended;过去分词: distended;现在分词: distending;名词: distension;

助记提示


1. dis- "apart" + tend-.
2. 含义:swell or stretch out, extend.

中文词源


distend 膨胀

dis-, 分开,散开。-tend,延伸,词源同tend, intend. 即伸展开,膨胀。

英英释意


1. become wider;
"His pupils were dilated"
2. cause to expand as it by internal pressure;
"The gas distended the animal's body"
3. swell from or as if from internal pressure;
"The distended bellies of the starving cows"

英文词源


distend
distend: see tend
distend (v.)
c. 1400, from Latin distendere "to swell or stretch out, extend," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Related: Distended; distending.

实用场景例句


starving children with huge distended bellies
鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童

牛津词典

[不可数名词]distension of the stomach
胃胀

牛津词典

Through this incision, the abdominal cavity is distended with carbon dioxide gas...
二氧化碳气体通过这个切口进入,造成腹腔肿胀。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The colon, or large intestine, distends and fills with gas.
结肠,或大肠,因充满气体而膨胀。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Your aches, distend pains are normal during treatment.
你的疼痛, 扩大肛痛在治疗期间是常态.

期刊摘选

Expose surface and screw head should be wiped antirust oil in the distend cover after finishing.
完成后在胀套外露表面及螺钉头部涂上防锈油脂.

期刊摘选

The abdomen distend s.
腹部胀大.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The patients were asked to micturate to distend the urethra.
采用患者自行排尿方法充盈尿道.

期刊摘选

The stomachs of starving people often distend.
饥民的腹部常鼓得大大的.

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