enlarge
verb🔊/ɪnˈlɑːdʒ/
🔊/ɪnˈlɑːrdʒ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they enlarge | 🔊/ɪnˈlɑːdʒ/ 🔊/ɪnˈlɑːrdʒ/ |
| he / she / it enlarges | 🔊/ɪnˈlɑːdʒɪz/ 🔊/ɪnˈlɑːrdʒɪz/ |
| past simple enlarged | 🔊/ɪnˈlɑːdʒd/ 🔊/ɪnˈlɑːrdʒd/ |
| past participle enlarged | 🔊/ɪnˈlɑːdʒd/ 🔊/ɪnˈlɑːrdʒd/ |
| -ing form enlarging | 🔊/ɪnˈlɑːdʒɪŋ/ 🔊/ɪnˈlɑːrdʒɪŋ/ |
- [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’.