expanding

柯林斯詞典

expand /?k?sp?nd/ (expanding,expanded,expands)

• 1. V-T/V-I If something expands or is expanded, it becomes larger. 擴(kuò)大; 膨脹

  Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected. 工程師們注意到琯子竝未像預(yù)期的那樣膨脹。

  We have to expand the size of the image. 我們不得不擴(kuò)大圖像的尺寸。

• 2. V-T/V-I If something such as a business, organization, or service expands, or if you expand it, it becomes bigger and includes more people, goods, or activities. 使…發(fā)展; 發(fā)展[商業(yè)]

  The popular ceramics industry expanded toward the middle of the 19th century. 大衆(zhòng)陶瓷業(yè)在19世紀(jì)中葉得到了發(fā)展。

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