extend

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Misspelling of extent. alt-of,misspelling
动词 v.
  1. To increase in extent. intransitive
  2. To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space. intransitive
    — The desert extended for miles in all directions.
    A Concise Geography of China
  3. To cause to increase in extent. transitive
  4. To cause to last for a longer period of time. transitive
  5. To straighten (a limb). transitive
  6. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply. transitive
    — to extend sympathy to the suffering
  7. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
    — There's little stew left, but we can always extend it by adding more potatoes.
  8. To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. UK
  9. Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
    — The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal.
  10. To reenlist for a further period. US,intransitive
    — Two years later, back to amtracs, this time at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, and I liked it so much I extended.

词形变化

extends present,singular,third-person extending participle,present extended participle,past extended past

词汇关系

近义词
enlarge expand increase lengthen stretch widen
衍生词
coextend extendability extendable extend a hand extender extend one's hand hyperextend misextend overextend re-extend underextend
相关词
extendible extensible extension extensive extent

词源

词源 1
From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“to stretch out”).
词源 2
From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“to stretch out”).
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