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lengthen 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈleNG(k)THən/,/ˈlen-/,
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lengthens, 3rd person singular present; lengthening, present participle; lengthened, past tense; lengthened, past participle;
  1. Make or become longer
    • - she lengthened her stride to catch up
    • - in the spring when the days are lengthening
    • - the lengthening shadows
  2. Make (a vowel or syllable) long

  1. make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"
  2. become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"
  3. (lengthened) elongated: drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"
  4. (lengthening) prolongation: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"
  5. (lengthening) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens
  6. (Lengthened) This is where the odds of an event happening have increased because bookies believe it is less likely to occur. For example the odds of Manchester United winning the league have lengthened from 3/1 to 4/1. Lengthened is also known as drifted.
  7. (LENGTHENING) The change of a short vowel sound into a long one. Vowels can be long or short in English writing--which often uses a single symbol to represent two or more sounds. Examples include the vowels represented by <a> in fate (long) and fat (short).
  8. (Lengthening) A sound of speech that is pronunced for a longer duration than most vowel sounds.  In British English, for example, the “long-a” in “father” is pronounced longer than the “short-a” in cat.
  9. (Lengthening) Amplification of a gait by a balanced and limber extension of the movement allowing an increase in the ground distance covered by the horse.
  10. The opposite of 'Shorten'. Referred to odds getting longer, that is, more attractive to the bettor.
  11. Referred to the odds getting longer. When a bookmaker increases the odds on a particular outcome to make them more attractive.
  12. When the odds on a participant increase from the figure they were originally posted at they are said to lengthen. Longer odds give higher returns.
  13. Odds that are getting longer.
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