"to make long or longer," 1530s, from Late Latin elongatus, past participle of elongare "to prolong, protract" (see elongation). Earlier in the same sense was elongen (mid-15c.). Related: Elongated; elongating.
雙語例句
1. Corn is treated when the stalk starts to elongate.
在玉米稈開始拔節時，給玉米打藥。
來自辭典例句
2. These elongate sand bodies are attached to a bulge of the mainland.
這些長條形砂體連接于主陸的突出部位.
來自辭典例句
3. Cytyledons and future stalk called the hypocotyl elongate.