dilate
verb /daɪˈleɪt/
/daɪˈleɪt/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they dilate | /daɪˈleɪt/ /daɪˈleɪt/ |
he / she / it dilates | /daɪˈleɪts/ /daɪˈleɪts/ |
past simple dilated | /daɪˈleɪtɪd/ /daɪˈleɪtɪd/ |
past participle dilated | /daɪˈleɪtɪd/ /daɪˈleɪtɪd/ |
-ing form dilating | /daɪˈleɪtɪŋ/ /daɪˈleɪtɪŋ/ |
- (of a part of the body
) to become larger, wider or more open; to make a part of the body larger, wide or more open身体部位 扩大;(使)膨胀,扩张 - Her eyes dilated with fear.
她吓得瞪大了眼睛。 - dilated pupils/nostrils
扩大了的瞳孔;张大了的鼻孔 - dilate something Red wine can help to dilate blood vessels.
红葡萄酒有助于扩张血管。 - Horses sometimes dilate their nostrils when anxious.
马有时会在焦虑时扩张鼻孔。 - The patient’s pupils were dilated.
病人的瞳孔放大了。
Collocations DictionaryDilate is used with these nouns as the subject:- blood vessel
- eye
- pupil
- …
词源late Middle English: from Old French dilater, from Latin dilatare ‘spread out’, from di- ‘apart’ + latus ‘wide’. - Her eyes dilated with fear.