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dilate

verb
🔊/daɪˈleɪt/
🔊/daɪˈleɪt/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they dilate
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he / she / it dilates
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past simple dilated
🔊/daɪˈleɪtɪd/
🔊/daɪˈleɪtɪd/
past participle dilated
🔊/daɪˈleɪtɪd/
🔊/daɪˈleɪtɪd/
-ing form dilating
🔊/daɪˈleɪtɪŋ/
🔊/daɪˈleɪtɪŋ/
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  1. (of a part of the body身体部位) to become larger, wider or more open; to make a part of the body larger, wide or more open扩大；（使）膨胀，扩张
    • Her eyes dilated with fear.她吓得瞪大了眼睛。🔊🔊
    • dilated pupils/nostrils扩大了的瞳孔；张大了的鼻孔
    • dilate something Red wine can help to dilate blood vessels.红葡萄酒有助于扩张血管。🔊🔊
    • Horses sometimes dilate their nostrils when anxious.马有时在焦虑时会扩张鼻孔。
    • The patient’s pupils were dilated.病人的瞳孔散大了。
    opposite contract
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDilate is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • blood vessel
    • eye
    • pupil
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French dilater, from Latin dilatare ‘spread out’, from di- ‘apart’ + latus ‘wide’.