dilate

英 [daɪˈleɪt]

美 [daɪˈleɪt]

v.  扩大; (使)膨胀，扩张

过去式：dilated　过去分词：dilated　现在分词：dilating　第三人称单数：dilates　复数：dilates　

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牛津词典

verb

• 扩大；（使）膨胀，扩张
  to become or to make sth larger, wider or more open
  1. Her eyes dilated with fear.
     她吓得瞪大了眼睛。
  2. dilated pupils/nostrils
     扩大了的瞳孔；张大了的鼻孔
  3. Red wine can help to dilate blood vessels.
     红葡萄酒有助于扩张血管。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)(血管)扩张;(使)(瞳孔)放大
  When things such as blood vessels or the pupils of your eyesdilateor when somethingdilatesthem, they become wider or bigger.
  1. At night, the pupils dilate to allow in more light...
     到了晚上，瞳孔就会扩大以接收更多光线。
  2. Exercise dilates blood vessels on the surface of the brain.
     运动会使大脑表层的血管扩张。

英英释义

verb

• become wider
  1. His pupils were dilated
  Synonym:distend
• add details, as to an account or idea
  1. She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
  Synonym:elaboratelucubrateexpatiateexpositenlargeflesh outexpandexpound

双语例句

• The encounter opened his memory and his senses, and left them dilate.
  这次相逢打开了他的记忆和感官，再也收不拢。
• Your pupils contract in bright light, and dilate in darkness.
  你的瞳孔会在明亮的光线下收缩，在黑暗中扩大。
• Relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate.
  与引起血管缩小或扩张的神经和肌肉有关的。
• The pupils of the eyes dilate as darkness increases.
  眼睛的瞳孔随暗度增加而张大。
• At night, the pupils dilate to allow in more light
  到了晚上，瞳孔就会扩大以接收更多光线。
• Due to the long term shunting of blood and an increase in volume load, the right atrium, right ventricle& pulmonary arteries dilate.
  分流所致的长期容量负荷增加造成右房、右室和肺动脉扩张。
• Tests suggested that steady exposure to dark chocolate prompted chemical changes that helped dilate blood vessels and regulate blood pressure, the researchers said.
  研究者称，这些实验暗示，长久稳定地摄入黑巧克力会引起可以帮助扩大血管，调节血压的化学变化。
• "This suggests that adding nitric oxide to human banked blood could theoretically improve its ability dilate blood vessels and thus prevent heart attacks and even death in patients," said the researchers.
  研究人员说“这表明在库存血中加入一氧化氮理论上可以提高其血管扩张的能力，从而防止病人的心脏病发作，甚至死亡”。
• "If there were time, I could dilate on the subject."
  “要是有时间，我可以详细谈谈这个问题的。”
• Dilate: to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
  使膨胀：使更宽或更大；引起膨胀。