distend是什么意思，distend怎么用
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distend
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📰 外刊例句
The trend to distend seems odd at first. 膨胀的趋势一开始看起来很奇怪。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside
[动词] 因内部压力而（使）膨胀
💡 深入解读
Distend 是一个与熟词 tend, extend, attend, contend 以及小站（微信公众号：田间小站）在熟词僻义栏目中推送过的tender同词根 tend, tens, tent （伸展）单词，可以一并联想记忆。从词源上来看， distend 源自拉丁语distendere（膨胀、伸展、扩展），由前缀 dis- （分开、离、散）+词根 tend 构成，15世纪进入英语后即用来表示“（使）膨胀、肿胀、鼓起、隆起、扩张”，常作正式用语或医学术语使用，侧重指腹部或身体其他部位因内部压力而向外部各个方向膨胀，常意味着超出了正常的范围或者说显得不自然
扩张的血管
distended blood vessels
膨胀的自我
distended ego
The petty gossip waddled closer, his belly bulging and distended.那个散布流言蜚语的委琐小人步履蹒跚地走近，肚子鼓胀凸出。
📚 名著用例
As Scabior said it, Harry's scar, which was stretched tight across his distended forehead, burned savagely . More clearly than he could make out anything around him, he saw a towering building, a grim fortress, jet-black and forbidding; Voldemort's thoughts had suddenly become razor-sharp again; he was gliding toward the gigantic building with a sense of calmly euphoric purpose.... 斯卡比奥说话时，哈利额头上肿胀而绷紧的伤疤猛烈地灼痛起来，眼前出现了一幅画面，比身边的任何东西都要清晰：那是一座乌黑的、令人生畏的高耸建筑，一座阴森的堡垒，伏地魔的思维又突然变得异常清晰：他正飘向那座巨型建筑，目标明确，内心平静而喜悦……
— 出自《英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第七本《哈利·波特与死亡圣器》（ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ）。》
🔍 同近义词
- swell: (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid
- bloat: make or become swollen with fluid or gas
- dilate: make or become wider, larger, or more open
