enlarge
[ɪn'lɑrdʒ]
vt. ,

vi. , 详述

[] , , 延期

1. I needn't enlarge upon this matter; you all know my views.
   需详述；都道意见。
2. I planned to enlarge this photograph.
   照片。
3. enlarge v.
   ，指体品片。

enlarge
[ verb ]

1. make larger

<verb.change>
She enlarged the flower beds

2. make large

<verb.change> blow up magnify
blow up an image

3. become larger or bigger

<verb.change>

4. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

<verb.communication> dilate elaborate expand expatiate exposit expound flesh out lucubrate
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation

Enlarge \En*large"\, v. i.
1. To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to
expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges
by good management; a volume of air enlarges by
rarefaction.

2. To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or
writing; to expatiate; to dilate.

To enlarge upon this theme. --M. Arnold.

3. (Naut.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's
course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.


Enlarge \En*large"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enlarged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Enlarging}.] [OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F.
large wide. See {Large}.]
1. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to
extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by
nutrition; to enlarge one's house.

To enlarge their possessions of land. --Locke.

2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope
or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy,
affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.

O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged. --2
Cor. vi. 11.

3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic]

It will enlarge us from all restraints. --Barrow.

{Enlarging hammer}, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of
large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. --Knight.

{To enlarge an order} or {To enlarge a rule} (Law), to extend
the time for complying with it. --Abbott.

{To enlarge one's self}, to give free vent to speech; to
spread out discourse. ``They enlarged themselves on this
subject.'' --Clarendon.

{To enlarge the heart}, to make free, liberal, and
charitable.

Syn: To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment;
magnify. See {Increase}.