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1. Oxford Dictionary

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   • IPA[ɪkˈspand]

   英式

   • v.
     become or make larger or more extensive；(of the universe) undergo a continuous change whereby, according to theory based on observed red shifts, all the galaxies recede from one another.

   • verb: expand, 3rd person present: expands, gerund or present participle: expanding, past tense: expanded, past participle: expanded

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. become or make larger or more extensive their business expanded into other hotels the work began as a short story and was later expanded into a novel 同義詞 increase in size, become larger, enlarge, swell, become distended, ... 更多dilate, inflate, balloon, puff out/up, lengthen, stretch, thicken, fatten, fill out, rareintumesce, tumefy, grow, become/make larger, become/make bigger, increase in size/scope, extend, augment, broaden, widen, develop, diversify, multiply, add to, build up, scale up, branch out, broaden one's horizons, extend one's operations, spread, proliferate, mushroom反義詞 shrink, contract, condense, shrink, scale down
   • ▪ (of the universe) undergo a continuous change whereby, according to theory based on observed red shifts, all the galaxies recede from one another.
   • ▪ give a fuller version or account of the minister expanded on the government's proposals 同義詞 elaborate on, enlarge on, add detail to, go into detail about, flesh out, ... 更多put flesh on the bones of, develop, supplement, amplify, expatiate on, embellish, embroider, pad out, fill out反義詞 touch on
   • ▪ become less reserved in character or behaviour Alice opened and expanded in this normality 同義詞 relax, unbend, become relaxed, grow friendlier, become less reserved, ... 更多become more sociable, informalloosen up, hang loose反義詞 tense up, clam up