distended

/dih-sten-did/US // dɪˈstɛn dɪd //

膨胀的,胀大的,臃肿的,臃肿

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : increased, as in size, volume, etc.; expanded; dilated: the distended nostrils of the terrified horse.
- : swollen, by or as by internal pressure, out of normal size or shape; protuberant: distended wineskins; the distended arteries of his neck.

adj.swollen

Synonyms

In two or three seconds she had become suggestive of an animal, her nostrils distended, the upper lip drawn back from her teeth.
The Countess Lavinia slowly turned her head and fixed her distended eyes on the speaker.
He thought her speech outrageous; his nostrils distended a little and his eyes darkened.
The stomach was much distended, and when I state this fact I am sure it will excite much curiosity as to the reason why.
By way of doing so, he set up a stout fence-rail between his landlord's distended jaws, and went away.

/dih-sten-did/US // dɪˈstɛn dɪd //

膨胀的,胀大的,臃肿的,臃肿

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : increased, as in size, volume, etc.; expanded; dilated: the distended nostrils of the terrified horse.
- : swollen, by or as by internal pressure, out of normal size or shape; protuberant: distended wineskins; the distended arteries of his neck.

adj.swollen

Synonyms

In two or three seconds she had become suggestive of an animal, her nostrils distended, the upper lip drawn back from her teeth.
The Countess Lavinia slowly turned her head and fixed her distended eyes on the speaker.
He thought her speech outrageous; his nostrils distended a little and his eyes darkened.
The stomach was much distended, and when I state this fact I am sure it will excite much curiosity as to the reason why.
By way of doing so, he set up a stout fence-rail between his landlord's distended jaws, and went away.