elongates是什么意思？

elongates

• v. 延长，加长( elongate的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• As spermatid nucleus elongates, the chromatin fibers are unwound and join together to form ribbon structure. 当精细胞核向长形转变时, 染色质纤维解旋并结合在一起形成缎带结构.
• It's simple really: Hair that's longer than your face elongates it. 这款发型的确很简洁: 头发比脸长会使脸看上去长一些.
• At the onset of germination, the hypocotyl elongates rapidly by cell enlargement. 萌发开始时, 下胚轴依靠细胞增大而迅速伸长.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  （使）拉长;（使）延长
  If you elongate something or if it elongates, you stretch it so that it becomes longer.
  例句
  'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word... “妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。 Corn is treated when the stalk starts to elongate. 在玉米秆开始拔节时，给玉米打药。