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dilated 音标拼音: [dɑɪl'etəd] 扩张的 扩张的 Dilated \ Di* lat" ed\, a. 1. Expanded; enlarged. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Bot.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) Having the margin wide and spreading. [ 1913 Webster]
Dilate \ Di* late"\ (?; 277), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Dilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Dilating}.] [ L. dilatare; either fr. di- = dis- latus wide, not the same word as latus, used as p. p. of ferre to bear ( see { Latitude}); or fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differre to separate ( see { Delay}, { Tolerate}, { Differ}, and cf. { Dilatory}): cf. F. dilater.] 1. To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to { contract}; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Do me the favor to dilate at full What hath befallen of them and thee till now. -- Shak. Syn: To expand; swell; distend; enlarge; spread out; amplify; expatiate. [ 1913 Webster]
expanded \ expanded\ adj. increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Opposite of { contracted}. [ Narrower terms: { blown- up, enlarged}; { dilated}; { distended, swollen}; { inflated}] [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. ( Printnig) wider than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type. Contrasted with { condensed}. Syn: extended. [ WordNet 1. 5]
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