柯林斯詞典elongate /?i?l??ɡe?t/ (elongating,elongated,elongates) 1. V-T/V-I If you elongate something or if it elongates, you stretch it so that it becomes longer. (使)拉長; (使)延長[正式] "Mom," she intoned, elongating the word. “媽媽，”她拖長了聲音，緩緩地說道。 In this exercise, the muscles are elongating rather than contracting. 在這項運動中，肌肉是在延伸而不是在收縮。 返回 elongate劍橋詞典to become or make something become longer , and often thinner （使）變長；（使）延長；（使）變得細長 The cells elongate as they take in water . 細胞吸水后變長。 返回 elongate