enlargement

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ.mənt/    美 /ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.mənt/|/ɪnˈlaːd͡ʒ.mənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act or instance of making something larger. countable,uncountable
    — Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.
  2. A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.
  3. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged. countable,uncountable
  4. Freedom from confinement; liberty. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither.
  5. Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length. countable,uncountable
    — Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose.

词形变化

enlargements plural inlargement alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
benign prostate enlargement

词源

Etymology tree
English enlarge
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English enlargement
From enlarge + -ment.
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