expand
英[ɪk'spænd;ek-]
美[ɪk'spænd]
- vt. 扩张；使膨胀；详述
- vi. 发展；张开，展开
英英释意
- 1. extend in one or more directions;
- "The dough expands"
- 2. become larger in size or volume or quantity;
- "his business expanded rapidly"
- 3. make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity;
- "expand the house by adding another wing"
- 4. grow stronger;
- "The economy was booming"
- 5. exaggerate or make bigger;
- "The charges were inflated"
- 6. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
- "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
- 7. expand the influence of;
- "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"