| 释义 | 
		lengthen美 ['leŋθən]  英 ['leŋθ(ə)n]  过去分词:lengthened  现在分词:lengthening  第三人称单数:lengthens   v. grow,increase,extend,elongate,stretch 1.  | (使)变长to become longer; to make sth longer  |  
  | The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。  |   | I need to lengthen this skirt. 我需要把这条裙子放长。  |  
 v.  | 1. to make something longer, or become longer  |  
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