distend
英 [d?'stend]
美[d?'st?nd]
- vt. 使…膨脹；使…擴(kuò)張
- vi. 擴(kuò)張；膨脹
英英釋意
- 1. become wider;
- "His pupils were dilated"
- 2. cause to expand as it by internal pressure;
- "The gas distended the animal's body"
- 3. swell from or as if from internal pressure;
- "The distended bellies of the starving cows"