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(zhǎng); (使)延長(zhǎng)[正式] "Mom," she intoned, elongating the word. “媽媽，”她拖長(zhǎng)了聲音，緩緩地說道。 In this exercise, the muscles are elongating rather than contracting. 在這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)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(zhǎng)；（使）延長(zhǎng)；（使）變得細(xì)長(zhǎng) The cells elongate as they take in water . 細(xì)胞吸水後變長(zhǎng)。 返回 elongate