中文翻译与英英解释

vt.
1.扩大(范围等);使增加;扩张;使膨胀。
2.展开，张开。
3.扩充，使发展;【释】扩编。
4.【数学】展开。
5.详述，引伸，写出(缩体)。 expand one's knowledge 增长知识。 expand the business 扩展企业。 birds expanding its wings 展开双翼的飞鸟。
vi.
1.扩大，扩张。
2.伸展，张开，延伸；膨胀 (opp. contract)。
3.扩充；发展(into)。
4.详述，引伸(on; upon)。
5.变得和蔼，感到舒畅。
短语和例子
The saplings have expanded into trees. 苗木已长成树。
-er, -or n.
扩张器；扩管器；扩口器。

become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"

exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
同义词：inflate, blow up, amplify,

grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"
同义词：boom, thrive, flourish,

expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
同义词：extend,

make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"

add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
同义词：elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expound, dilate,

extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"
同义词：spread out,

例句与用法

This factory expands to the riverside .
这个工厂的地界扩展到河边。

The radius expands markedly at its lower end .
桡骨下端明显扩张。

Its possibilities have vastly expanded .
大大提高了它的探测能力。

Big money expands the choices .
只要万金在手，你就可以纵横驰骋。

His face expanded in a smile of welcome .
他喜笑颜开地表示欢迎。

The petals of the flowers expanded in the sunshine .
花瓣在阳光下张开了。

They shouldn't have tried to expand overseas .
他们不应该力图向海外扩张。

He breathed deeply and expanded his chest .
他边深呼吸边扩胸。

The soil expands upon imbibing water .
土壤会由于吸水而膨胀。

The cell walls must expand as the cells grow .
当细胞生长时细胞壁必然扩张。