亚洲网紅露点

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elongate

[ ih-lawng-geyt, ih-long-, ee-lawng-geyt, ee-long- ]

verb (used with object)

elongated, elongating.
  1. to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend.


verb (used without object)

elongated, elongating.
  1. to increase in length.

adjective

  1. extended; lengthened.
  2. long and thin.

elongate

/ 藞颈藧濒蓲艐伞别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to make or become longer; stretch
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. long and narrow; slender

    elongate leaves

  2. lengthened or tapered
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 别路濒辞苍路驳补路迟颈惫别 [ee, -lawng-gey-tiv, ee, -long-], adjective
  • 蝉耻产顎卐路濒辞苍顎僩补迟别 adjective
  • 蝉耻产顎卐路濒辞苍顎僩补迟路别诲 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卐路濒辞苍顎僩补迟路别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of elongate1

1530鈥40; < Late Latin 脓濒辞苍驳腻迟耻蝉 lengthened out, past participle of 脓濒辞苍驳腻谤别 to make longer, make distant, remove, equivalent to Latin 脓- e- 1 + -濒辞苍驳腻谤别, derivative of longus long 1, 濒辞苍驳脓 far off
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of elongate1

C16: from Late Latin 脓濒辞苍驳腻谤别 to keep at a distance, from 脓- away + Latin 濒辞苍驳脓 (adv) far, but also later: to lengthen, as if from 脓- + Latin longus (adj) long
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Reviewer David Kipen celebrated Wallace鈥檚 鈥渟tupendously high-toned vocabulary and gleeful low-comedy diction, coupled with a sense of syntax so elongated that he can seem to go for days without surfacing.鈥

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Near-sightedness, formally known as myopia, occurs when the eye elongates, causing light to focus in front of the retina instead of directly on it, producing blurry vision.

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The exquisite chamber-soul arrangement thrums inexorably yet with zero hurry; the vocal precisely elongates each phrase just a tick or two beyond where you expect.

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For now, the baseball world can only wait and wonder, hoping the Dodgers鈥 disproportionate spending won鈥檛 contribute to another elongated work stoppage.

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But on Saturday, in Ohtani鈥檚 first bullpen session of camp, the Dodgers were reminded of just how easy the two-way star can make even an elongated recovery process feel.

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