"to make long or longer," 1530s, from Late Latin elongatus, past participle of elongare "to prolong, protract" (see elongation). Earlier in the same sense was elongen (mid-15c.). Related: Elongated; elongating.
权威例句
1. Corn is treated when the stalk starts to elongate.
在玉米秆开始拔节时,给玉米打药。
2. These elongate sand bodies are attached to a bulge of the mainland.
这些长条形砂体连接于主陆的突出部位.
3. Cytyledons and future stalk called the hypocotyl elongate.