柯林斯詞典lengthen /?l??kθ?n/ (lengthening,lengthened,lengthens) 1. V-T/V-I When something lengthens or when you lengthen it, it increases in length. 使變長; 變長 The evening shadows were lengthening. 傍晚的影子正在變長。2. V-T/V-I When something lengthens or when you lengthen it, it lasts for a longer time than it did previously. 使延長; 延長 Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened. 假期延長了，工作周變短了。 返回 lengthen劍橋詞典to make something longer , or to become longer 延長，拉長，加長；變長 I'll have to lengthen this skirt . 我必須把這條裙子放長一些。 lengthening waiting lists 越來越長的等候者名單 If you lengthen something, or it lengthens, it takes longer to happen . 推遲；延遲，延期 There is a plan to lengthen the three-year course to four years . 計(jì)劃要將3年的課程延長為4年。 反義詞shorten 返回 lengthen