enlarge
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they enlarge | |
he / she / it enlarges | |
past simple enlarged | |
past participle enlarged | |
-ing form enlarging |
- [transitive, intransitive] enlarge (something)
to make something bigger; to become bigger 擴大;擴充;擴展;增大 There are plans to enlarge the recreation area. 已經有了擴大娛樂場地的計劃。 Reading will enlarge your vocabulary. 閱讀能擴大詞匯量。
Extra ExamplesThe castle was enlarged considerably in the fifteenth century. 這個城堡在15 世紀得到了相當大的擴展。 The gallery is seeking to enlarge its holdings of Danish art. 這家美術館正想辦法增加丹麥藝術作品的館藏量。 Symptoms may include a sore throat and enlarged glands. 症狀可能包括喉嚨痛和腺體腫大。 The little blisters enlarge and eventually burst to form ulcers. 這些小水疱變大最終破裂形成潰瘍。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- dramatically
- greatly
- …
- seek to
- to
- [transitive, usually passive]
to make a bigger copy of a photograph or document 放大(照片或文件) - have something enlarged
We're going to have this picture enlarged. 我們準備將這張照片放大。 - be enlarged
The images were enlarged to the size of a wall of a room. 這些圖像被放大到跟房間内一面牆一樣大。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- dramatically
- greatly
- …
- seek to
- to
- have something enlarged
Word OriginMiddle English (formerly also as inlarge): from Old French enlarger, from en- (expressing a change of state) + large ‘large’.