enhance

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˈhɑːns/|/ɛnˈhɑːns/    美 /ɪnˈhæns/|/ɛnˈhæns/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To lift, raise up. obsolete
    — nought aghast, his mightie hand enhaunst: / The stroke down from her head vnto her shoulder glaunst.
  2. To augment or make something greater.
    — They had no character to preserve, except for courage; and perhaps the reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated by the people.
  3. To improve something by adding features.
    — A pom-pom to top off a stocking cap, a fringe to feather the edge of a shawl, tassels to define the points of an afghan, these are just a few of the delightful little goodies that enhance handknit things.
  4. To be raised up; to grow larger. intransitive
    — A debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
  5. To take up contrast agent (for an organ, tissue, or lesion).

词形变化

enhances present,singular,third-person enhancing participle,present enhanced participle,past enhanced past inhance alternative,obsolete enhaunce alternative,obsolete inhaunce alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
heighten
反义词
dehance
衍生词
bioenhance enhanceable enhancement enhanceosome enhancer enhancive hyperenhance hypoenhance isoenhance photoenhance

词源

From Middle English enhauncen, anhaunsen, from Anglo-Norman anhauncer (“enhance, raise”), from Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre (“raise”), derived from Latin in + altus (“high”). The /h/ in Old French was taken from haut (“high”), where it resulted from Frankish influence.
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