distend
英 [dɪ'stend]
美[dɪ'stɛnd]
- vt. 使…膨胀；使…扩张
- vi. 扩张；膨胀
英英释意
- 1. become wider;
- "His pupils were dilated"
- 2. cause to expand as it by internal pressure;
- "The gas distended the animal's body"
- 3. swell from or as if from internal pressure;
- "The distended bellies of the starving cows"