lengthened

1. V-ERG （使）加长；（使）伸长
   When something lengthens or when you lengthen it, it increases in length.
   1. The evening shadows were lengthening...
      残阳下的影子越拉越长。
   2. She began to walk faster, but he lengthened his stride to keep up with her...
      她开始加快步子，但他加大了步幅跟着她。
   3. The runway had to be lengthened.
      跑道需要加长。
2. V-ERG （使）（时间）延长；（使…）持续更长时间
   When something lengthens or when you lengthen it, it lasts for a longer time than it did previously.
   1. Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened...
      假期延长，工作周就缩短了。
   2. The council does not support lengthening the school day to fit in other activities.
      委员会不支持通过延长在校时间来插入其他活动。

1. She began to walk faster, but he lengthened his stride to keep up with her
   她开始加快步子，但他加大了步幅跟着她。
2. The runway had to be lengthened.
   跑道需要加长。
3. Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened
   假期延长，工作周就缩短了。
4. The silence lengthened as Thorne unnecessarily shuffled some papers.
   索恩整理着一些本无须整理的文件，沉默还在延续。
5. He lengthened his stride to keep up with her.
   他迈大步追上她。
6. The afternoon shadows lengthened.
   下午影子渐渐变长了。
7. They have lengthened the school day or added days to the year or both.
   他们加长了开学日或补充天至今年或两者兼而有之。
8. In recent years, some airlines have lengthened their intervals.
   近几年来一些航空公司延长了每一次深度清洁的间隔时间。
9. Only chosen because the teachers demanded more pay for changes like additional training and a lengthened school day.
   只有选择这项，因为老师们对于像额外的培训以及学校一天的延长要求更高的工资。
10. In this way, the terrible hours of the morning lengthened out.
    可怕的早晨就这样一个钟头一个钟头地拖过去。
11. When we returned from new zealand, the voyage was lengthened by baffling winds.
    我们从新西兰回来时，因风向不稳定而延长了航程。
12. Results: All animals grew well and their mandible were all lengthened at different level.
    结果：所有动物术后生长良好，下颌骨均出现不同程度的延长。
13. The oval face was lengthened, his smiling mouth had assumed the firm and marked lines which betoken resolution;
    他那椭圆形的脸已拉长了，那张含笑的嘴出在已刻上了显示意志坚强而沉着的线条；
14. The chief exception was lengthened second-stage propellant tanks to increase the payload by 300 kilograms.
    一个主要的例外就在于将第二阶段的推进箱加长，以便增加300千克的载重量。
15. The arms are a little short, can they be lengthened?
    袖子有点儿短，能改长点儿吗？
16. A critical task, if lengthened or delayed, will delay the end of the project.
    如果关键任务的时间被加长或延迟，会使整个项目延迟结束。
17. On the other hand, the beam line is not obviously lengthened for the use of this method.
    而且，通过综合利用，束线并未因采用该方法有明显加长。
18. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.
    裙子被修长或剪短；领圈被拉低或抬高，等等。
19. He wanted to have his coat lengthened a bit.
    他要把上衣放长一些。
20. Indeed, the menu should be lengthened by inventing new arrangements or revisiting old ones.
    实际上，现在的企业形式清单还应该通过发明新方式或是改进老方式来再加长一点。
21. In the case of McQueen, his tragic demise has almost certainly lengthened the queues.
    在麦昆的例子里，几乎可以肯定，他带有悲剧色彩的逝世延长了参观者的队伍。
22. In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king's life.
    在他的时代，太阳曾向后退，他因此延长了君王的寿命。
23. Not only this lengthened the customer standby period, also increased the travel agency to have the mistake the possibility.
    这不仅延长了客户的等待时间，也增加了旅行社出现差错的可能性。
24. A reclining chair with a lengthened seat that supports the outstretched legs.
    一种带加长的底座以支撑外伸的腿的可斜躺的椅子。
25. Below what circumstance can be the getting deadline of unemployed insurance gold lengthened?
    失业保险金的领取期限在什么情况下可延长？
26. He lengthened the rope by tying another piece to it.
    他又接上一段绳子，把原来的加长了。
27. The minutes lengthened into hours.
    几分钟延长到了几个小时。
28. A noncritical task can be lengthened or delayed without affecting the end of the project.
    非关键任务可以被加长或延迟，而不影响项目的结束。

adj

1. drawn out or made longer spatially
   1. Picasso's elongated Don Quixote
   2. lengthened skirts are fashionable this year
   3. the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes
   4. a prolonged black line across the page

   Synonym:    elongatedextendedprolonged