enlarge

enlarge
verb
  1. make or become bigger or more extensive
    (使)变大;(使)扩大
    [with obj.]recently my son enlarged our garden pond.
    我儿子最近将我们花园里的池塘扩大了。
    [no obj.]lymph nodes enlarge and become hard.
    淋巴结变大变硬。
    [as adj. enlarged]an enlarged spleen.
    增大的脾。
    ■[with obj.](常作 be enlarged)develop a bigger print of (a photograph)
    放大(照片)
语源
  1. Middle English (formerly also as inlarge): from Old French enlarger, from en- (expressing a change of state) + large 'large'
继承用法
enlarge on/upon
  1. speak or write about (something) in greater detail
    详述,细说
    I would like to enlarge on this theme.
    我想就这一主题进行详述。
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