enlarge
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present 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 扩大；扩充；扩展；增大 There are plans to enlarge the recreation area. 已经有了扩大娱乐场地的计划。 Reading will enlarge your vocabulary. 阅读能扩大词汇量。
Extra ExamplesThe castle was enlarged considerably in the fifteenth century. 这个城堡在15 世纪得到了相当大的扩展。 The gallery is seeking to enlarge its holdings of Danish art. 这家美术馆正想办法增加丹麦艺术作品的馆藏量。 Symptoms may include a sore throat and enlarged glands. 症状可能包括喉咙痛和腺体肿大。 The little blisters enlarge and eventually burst to form ulcers. 这些小水疱变大最终破裂形成溃疡。
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. 我们准备将这张照片放大。 - be enlarged
The images were enlarged to the size of a wall of a room. 这些图像被放大到跟房间内一面墙一样大。
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’.