Definition of elongate in English:

elongate

verb ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪtiˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt

[with object]usually as adjective elongated

1Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
拉长，使伸长，使延长
a slender, elongated neck
Example sentencesExamples
- The floor plan of the house forms a horseshoe with the flat end pointing north and the two wings south, the western wing elongated to accommodate the apartment.
- These elongated streetcars with their accordion-like midsection are able to hold a maximum of 205 passengers.
- My steps quickened, my stride elongating to keep myself from the echoing sound of my name.
- The figures of his angels are elongated, with wings stretched upward as if they were sculpted by the Gothic masters.
- Snaps appear on the hip of an A-line skirt, or straight down both sides of the front panel of a skirt to elongate or shorten the slit.
- He came to be influenced in this latter pursuit by primitive forms, which rhymed felicitously with those elongated features found in much of his portraiture.
- In other anthropomorphic designs the fill is constituted by straight horizontal and vertical lines and the bodies are elongated and rectangular.
- These lesions were characterized by a monomorphous pattern of slender, elongated spindle cells in a sclerotic stroma.
- With the Knights title-topping the table with two games still to play and City unbeaten after three starts to the Conference, sports pages are no longer the preserve of faces elongated by misery and despair.
- And so, as K takes up the camera on my behalf, my face miraculously elongates itself.
- Each is comprised of two or three elongated strips of material stretching from above eye level and continuing near the ground.
- The arcs, which look like a pale, elongated rainbow that doesn't quite meet in the middle, symbolize Arabic architecture.
- Their flat, scaleless bellies and slender, elongated bodies facilitate the process.
- The body is elongated to emphasise a twisted head and an outstretched forceful arm.
- They are supposed to revolve around the theme Nature and Man but some of them are so esoteric, like the busts of four elongated figures sitting around a candle, that we could not relate them to the theme.
- The players kept looking across at each other to ensure that the diamond shape was holding and hadn't dissolved into a sort of twisted parallelogram, or a very, very, elongated trapezoid.
- Rows of fine, tall terraces surround elongated grassy squares, with paths running through and around them.
- His neck was elongated with a black posture collar.
- Her neck is elongated beyond the bounds of anatomical correctness - an attribute of young, innocent female beauty in the artistic vocabulary of the time.
- It had a rack of quad headlights fitted at the tip of an even more generously elongated bonnet, a classy-as-signet-rings plastic spoiler on the boot lid, and a smaller, sportier steering wheel.
Synonyms
lengthen, stretch out, make longer, extend, broaden, widen, enlarge
1. 1.1Biology no object Become longer.
  〔主生〕变长
  the pup's globular body slowly elongates
  Example sentencesExamples
  At this point, 60% of the cells had large buds that continued to elongate with prolonged incubation.
  In contrast to aerobic germination where the radicle emerged first and both root and shoot growth were observed, only the shoot emerged and elongated during the entire anaerobic incubation period.
  In several cases the pollen tubes emerged and elongated rapidly, then burst, with the cytoplasm streaming out of the burst tip.
  For example, as the deposition of lignins limits plant cell wall extension, lignification must be regulated so that it occurs after a cell has elongated so as not to impinge on plant growth.
  These siliques elongated but did not develop seeds.

adjective ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪtiˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt

Biology

Long in relation to width; elongated.
〔主生〕细长的；拉长的，延长的
elongate fishes
Example sentencesExamples
- The medial process is very elongate proximally and extends well posterior of the articular surface of the head.
- One of the most prominent characteristics of early vertebrates is the elongate caudal fin bearing fin rays.
- Conodonts were mostly small, elongate, eel-shaped marine animals that inhabited a variety of environments in Paleozoic and Triassic seas.
- The forelimbs are elongate and are positioned ventrally.
- Fertile fronds have clusters of elongate sporangia that partially replace pinnules.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'move away'): from late Latin elongat- 'placed at a distance', from the verb elongare, from Latin e- (variant of ex-) 'away' + longe 'far off', longus 'long'.

Definition of elongate in US English:

elongate

verbēˈlôNGˌɡātiˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt

[with object]

1Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
拉长，使伸长，使延长
Example sentencesExamples
- And so, as K takes up the camera on my behalf, my face miraculously elongates itself.
- In other anthropomorphic designs the fill is constituted by straight horizontal and vertical lines and the bodies are elongated and rectangular.
- They are supposed to revolve around the theme Nature and Man but some of them are so esoteric, like the busts of four elongated figures sitting around a candle, that we could not relate them to the theme.
- He came to be influenced in this latter pursuit by primitive forms, which rhymed felicitously with those elongated features found in much of his portraiture.
- It had a rack of quad headlights fitted at the tip of an even more generously elongated bonnet, a classy-as-signet-rings plastic spoiler on the boot lid, and a smaller, sportier steering wheel.
- The figures of his angels are elongated, with wings stretched upward as if they were sculpted by the Gothic masters.
- The floor plan of the house forms a horseshoe with the flat end pointing north and the two wings south, the western wing elongated to accommodate the apartment.
- Each is comprised of two or three elongated strips of material stretching from above eye level and continuing near the ground.
- The body is elongated to emphasise a twisted head and an outstretched forceful arm.
- Their flat, scaleless bellies and slender, elongated bodies facilitate the process.
- These lesions were characterized by a monomorphous pattern of slender, elongated spindle cells in a sclerotic stroma.
- With the Knights title-topping the table with two games still to play and City unbeaten after three starts to the Conference, sports pages are no longer the preserve of faces elongated by misery and despair.
- Snaps appear on the hip of an A-line skirt, or straight down both sides of the front panel of a skirt to elongate or shorten the slit.
- His neck was elongated with a black posture collar.
- These elongated streetcars with their accordion-like midsection are able to hold a maximum of 205 passengers.
- Rows of fine, tall terraces surround elongated grassy squares, with paths running through and around them.
- My steps quickened, my stride elongating to keep myself from the echoing sound of my name.
- Her neck is elongated beyond the bounds of anatomical correctness - an attribute of young, innocent female beauty in the artistic vocabulary of the time.
- The players kept looking across at each other to ensure that the diamond shape was holding and hadn't dissolved into a sort of twisted parallelogram, or a very, very, elongated trapezoid.
- The arcs, which look like a pale, elongated rainbow that doesn't quite meet in the middle, symbolize Arabic architecture.
Synonyms
lengthen, stretch out, make longer, extend, broaden, widen, enlarge
1. 1.1Biology no object Grow longer.
  〔主生〕变长
  Example sentencesExamples
  At this point, 60% of the cells had large buds that continued to elongate with prolonged incubation.
  In several cases the pollen tubes emerged and elongated rapidly, then burst, with the cytoplasm streaming out of the burst tip.
  In contrast to aerobic germination where the radicle emerged first and both root and shoot growth were observed, only the shoot emerged and elongated during the entire anaerobic incubation period.
  These siliques elongated but did not develop seeds.
  For example, as the deposition of lignins limits plant cell wall extension, lignification must be regulated so that it occurs after a cell has elongated so as not to impinge on plant growth.

adjectiveēˈlôNGˌɡātiˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt

Biology

Long in relation to width; elongated.
〔主生〕细长的；拉长的，延长的
elongate, fishlike creatures
似鱼的细长生物。
Example sentencesExamples
- Fertile fronds have clusters of elongate sporangia that partially replace pinnules.
- One of the most prominent characteristics of early vertebrates is the elongate caudal fin bearing fin rays.
- The forelimbs are elongate and are positioned ventrally.
- Conodonts were mostly small, elongate, eel-shaped marine animals that inhabited a variety of environments in Paleozoic and Triassic seas.
- The medial process is very elongate proximally and extends well posterior of the articular surface of the head.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘move away’): from late Latin elongat- ‘placed at a distance’, from the verb elongare, from Latin e- (variant of ex-) ‘away’ + longe ‘far off’, longus ‘long’.

词汇	elongate
释义	Definition of elongate in English: elongate verb ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪtiˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt [with object]usually as adjective elongated 1Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width. 拉长，使伸长，使延长 a slender, elongated neck Example sentencesExamples The floor plan of the house forms a horseshoe with the flat end pointing north and the two wings south, the western wing elongated to accommodate the apartment. These elongated streetcars with their accordion-like midsection are able to hold a maximum of 205 passengers. My steps quickened, my stride elongating to keep myself from the echoing sound of my name. The figures of his angels are elongated, with wings stretched upward as if they were sculpted by the Gothic masters. Snaps appear on the hip of an A-line skirt, or straight down both sides of the front panel of a skirt to elongate or shorten the slit. He came to be influenced in this latter pursuit by primitive forms, which rhymed felicitously with those elongated features found in much of his portraiture. In other anthropomorphic designs the fill is constituted by straight horizontal and vertical lines and the bodies are elongated and rectangular. These lesions were characterized by a monomorphous pattern of slender, elongated spindle cells in a sclerotic stroma. With the Knights title-topping the table with two games still to play and City unbeaten after three starts to the Conference, sports pages are no longer the preserve of faces elongated by misery and despair. And so, as K takes up the camera on my behalf, my face miraculously elongates itself. Each is comprised of two or three elongated strips of material stretching from above eye level and continuing near the ground. The arcs, which look like a pale, elongated rainbow that doesn't quite meet in the middle, symbolize Arabic architecture. Their flat, scaleless bellies and slender, elongated bodies facilitate the process. The body is elongated to emphasise a twisted head and an outstretched forceful arm. They are supposed to revolve around the theme Nature and Man but some of them are so esoteric, like the busts of four elongated figures sitting around a candle, that we could not relate them to the theme. The players kept looking across at each other to ensure that the diamond shape was holding and hadn't dissolved into a sort of twisted parallelogram, or a very, very, elongated trapezoid. Rows of fine, tall terraces surround elongated grassy squares, with paths running through and around them. His neck was elongated with a black posture collar. Her neck is elongated beyond the bounds of anatomical correctness - an attribute of young, innocent female beauty in the artistic vocabulary of the time. It had a rack of quad headlights fitted at the tip of an even more generously elongated bonnet, a classy-as-signet-rings plastic spoiler on the boot lid, and a smaller, sportier steering wheel. Synonyms lengthen, stretch out, make longer, extend, broaden, widen, enlarge 1.1Biology no object Become longer. 〔主生〕变长 the pup's globular body slowly elongates Example sentencesExamples At this point, 60% of the cells had large buds that continued to elongate with prolonged incubation. In contrast to aerobic germination where the radicle emerged first and both root and shoot growth were observed, only the shoot emerged and elongated during the entire anaerobic incubation period. In several cases the pollen tubes emerged and elongated rapidly, then burst, with the cytoplasm streaming out of the burst tip. For example, as the deposition of lignins limits plant cell wall extension, lignification must be regulated so that it occurs after a cell has elongated so as not to impinge on plant growth. These siliques elongated but did not develop seeds. adjective ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪtiˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt Biology Long in relation to width; elongated. 〔主生〕细长的；拉长的，延长的 elongate fishes Example sentencesExamples The medial process is very elongate proximally and extends well posterior of the articular surface of the head. One of the most prominent characteristics of early vertebrates is the elongate caudal fin bearing fin rays. Conodonts were mostly small, elongate, eel-shaped marine animals that inhabited a variety of environments in Paleozoic and Triassic seas. The forelimbs are elongate and are positioned ventrally. Fertile fronds have clusters of elongate sporangia that partially replace pinnules. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'move away'): from late Latin elongat- 'placed at a distance', from the verb elongare, from Latin e- (variant of ex-) 'away' + longe 'far off', longus 'long'. Definition of elongate in US English: elongate verbēˈlôNGˌɡātiˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt [with object] 1Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width. 拉长，使伸长，使延长 Example sentencesExamples And so, as K takes up the camera on my behalf, my face miraculously elongates itself. In other anthropomorphic designs the fill is constituted by straight horizontal and vertical lines and the bodies are elongated and rectangular. They are supposed to revolve around the theme Nature and Man but some of them are so esoteric, like the busts of four elongated figures sitting around a candle, that we could not relate them to the theme. He came to be influenced in this latter pursuit by primitive forms, which rhymed felicitously with those elongated features found in much of his portraiture. It had a rack of quad headlights fitted at the tip of an even more generously elongated bonnet, a classy-as-signet-rings plastic spoiler on the boot lid, and a smaller, sportier steering wheel. The figures of his angels are elongated, with wings stretched upward as if they were sculpted by the Gothic masters. The floor plan of the house forms a horseshoe with the flat end pointing north and the two wings south, the western wing elongated to accommodate the apartment. Each is comprised of two or three elongated strips of material stretching from above eye level and continuing near the ground. The body is elongated to emphasise a twisted head and an outstretched forceful arm. Their flat, scaleless bellies and slender, elongated bodies facilitate the process. These lesions were characterized by a monomorphous pattern of slender, elongated spindle cells in a sclerotic stroma. With the Knights title-topping the table with two games still to play and City unbeaten after three starts to the Conference, sports pages are no longer the preserve of faces elongated by misery and despair. Snaps appear on the hip of an A-line skirt, or straight down both sides of the front panel of a skirt to elongate or shorten the slit. His neck was elongated with a black posture collar. These elongated streetcars with their accordion-like midsection are able to hold a maximum of 205 passengers. Rows of fine, tall terraces surround elongated grassy squares, with paths running through and around them. My steps quickened, my stride elongating to keep myself from the echoing sound of my name. Her neck is elongated beyond the bounds of anatomical correctness - an attribute of young, innocent female beauty in the artistic vocabulary of the time. The players kept looking across at each other to ensure that the diamond shape was holding and hadn't dissolved into a sort of twisted parallelogram, or a very, very, elongated trapezoid. The arcs, which look like a pale, elongated rainbow that doesn't quite meet in the middle, symbolize Arabic architecture. Synonyms lengthen, stretch out, make longer, extend, broaden, widen, enlarge 1.1Biology no object Grow longer. 〔主生〕变长 Example sentencesExamples At this point, 60% of the cells had large buds that continued to elongate with prolonged incubation. In several cases the pollen tubes emerged and elongated rapidly, then burst, with the cytoplasm streaming out of the burst tip. In contrast to aerobic germination where the radicle emerged first and both root and shoot growth were observed, only the shoot emerged and elongated during the entire anaerobic incubation period. These siliques elongated but did not develop seeds. For example, as the deposition of lignins limits plant cell wall extension, lignification must be regulated so that it occurs after a cell has elongated so as not to impinge on plant growth. adjectiveēˈlôNGˌɡātiˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt Biology Long in relation to width; elongated. 〔主生〕细长的；拉长的，延长的 elongate, fishlike creatures 似鱼的细长生物。 Example sentencesExamples Fertile fronds have clusters of elongate sporangia that partially replace pinnules. One of the most prominent characteristics of early vertebrates is the elongate caudal fin bearing fin rays. The forelimbs are elongate and are positioned ventrally. Conodonts were mostly small, elongate, eel-shaped marine animals that inhabited a variety of environments in Paleozoic and Triassic seas. The medial process is very elongate proximally and extends well posterior of the articular surface of the head. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘move away’): from late Latin elongat- ‘placed at a distance’, from the verb elongare, from Latin e- (variant of ex-) ‘away’ + longe ‘far off’, longus ‘long’.
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