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lengthening 音标拼音: [l'ɛŋθənɪŋ] [l'ɛŋkθənɪŋ]
延长; 拉长 延长; 拉长 lengthening n 1: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks" [synonym: {prolongation}, {protraction}, {perpetuation}, {lengthening}] Lengthen \Length"en\ (-'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lengthened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lengthening} (-'n*[i^]ng).] To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. [1913 Webster] What if I please to lengthen out his date. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 48 Moby Thesaurus words for "lengthening":
continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, crescendoing, crescent, elongation, endurance, expanding, extension, growing, increasing, incremental, intensifying, lingering, maintenance, multiplying, on the increase, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence, procrastination, production, progress, progression, proliferating, prolongation, protraction, pursuance, repetition, run, snowballing, spreading, staying power, straight course, strain, stretch, stretching, stringing out, sustained action, sustenance, swelling, tension, tightening, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, waxing, way
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