Lengthen
[ 'lɛŋθən ]
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vt.& vi. 延长;伸长;
💡 词根助记
length长度+en变成 →使延长，伸长
📝 例句
Ask the tailor to lengthen this skirt.
请裁缝把这条裙子放长。
The farmers try hard to lengthen the service life of their farm tools.
农民们想尽一切办法延长农具的使用年限。
shorten [lengthen] one's grip
短握 [长握] 球棒
Ask the tailor to lengthen my coat because it is too short for me.
让裁缝把我的大衣放长些,我穿着太短了。
Ask the tailor to lengthen this skirt.
请裁缝把这条裙子放长。
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📖 牛津释义
lengthen
v [I, Tn] (cause sth to) become longer （使某物）变长
The days start to lengthen in March. 三月份白昼开始变长.
lengthen a skirt 把裙子放长. Cf 参看 shorten.
🔁 扩展释义
*['leŋθәn]vt. 加长, 使延长vi. 变长【机】 延长
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Wait! There is something else.
且慢！事情还没完。
There is a journalist and writer living in America whose name is Alex Haley.
有一位住在美国的记者兼作家，名叫亚历克斯·哈利。
I think it is important to understand the relations between parents and their children. They spend time, energy and money in bringing up children and providing them with what they need. Then, as with young birds, the time comes for the young to leave. As
我认为父母和孩子们之间的相互理解是很重要的。父母花费时间、精力和金钱带大孩子们，给他们提供所需的一切。然后，年轻人就像小鸟飞离家一样离开了家。正如我们所说，所轻人长大飞走的一天是必然会到来的。尽管这时父母会感到难过，但是他们感情用事是不对的。