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distend

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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dis·tend /dɪˈstend/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal  MIto swell or make something swell because of pressure from inside 〔因来自内部的压力〕(使)膨胀,(使)肿胀distended adjective a distended stomach 胀鼓鼓的胃distension /-ˈtenʃən/ noun [uncountable] technical
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distendBut that night, after dinner, he began to groan and Lula noticed that his stomach was distended.His interest would be aroused, his member distended.Watching closely, Davies noticed that as the male pecked, the female's cloaca became pink and distended.His trembling hands reached out toward the old woman, his eyes distended, enraged.That heroine of Assassins had distended her jaws and throat and belly by means of Polymorphine, like a python.Air is introduced into the stomach to distend it for easier visualisation.In congestive heart failure, it is diminished because of low cardiac output and reduced arterial distending pressure.See their gills distend with the movement and the flurry of pectoral fins that give the subtle shunting manoeuvre.
dis·tend verbChineseSyllable
pressure or of swell swell because Corpus make to something


distend
distend /dɪˈstend/ verb [intransitive and transitive] formal
to swell or make something swell because of pressure from inside
—distended adjective:
    a distended stomach
—distension /-ˈtenʃən/ noun [uncountable] technical


dis·tendBrE /dɪˈstend/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈstend/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they distend BrE /dɪˈstend/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈstend/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it distends BrE /dɪˈstendz/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈstendz/ 🔊past simple distended BrE /dɪˈstendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈstendɪd/ 🔊past participle distended BrE /dɪˈstendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈstendɪd/ 🔊 -ing form distending BrE /dɪˈstendɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈstendɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) (formal or medical 医学) to swell or make sth swell because of pressure from inside (使)膨胀,肿胀starving children with huge distended bellies鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童 dis·ten·sion BrE /dɪˈstenʃn/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈstenʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] distension of the stomach胃胀