Distended is how we describe something that has already swollen from pressure inside — or the act, in the past, of making it do that. Doctors write it about a belly, a bowel, a bladder, sometimes a vein. A distended abdomen looks or feels too full, tight, or rounded.

Distended is how we describe something that has already swollen from pressure insidedistended是用來形容某個東西已經因為裡面的壓力而腫脹起來的樣子，or the act, in the past, of making it do that或是過去式，指「使它變成那樣」這個動作。Doctors write it about a belly, a bowel, a bladder, sometimes a vein醫生會用它來寫肚子、腸子、膀胱，有時候也寫靜脈。A distended abdomen一個distended的腹部，looks or feels too full, tight, or rounded看起來或摸起來過度飽脹、緊繃，或圓鼓鼓的。

The word is the past form of distend, and in everyday English it works mostly as an adjective: the swollen state, not the action happening now. It is a hospital-and-textbook word. At the dinner table people say bloated or puffed up.

The word is the past form of distend這個字是distend的過去式，and in everyday English it works mostly as an adjective但在日常英語裡主要是當形容詞用，the swollen state, not the action happening now指腫脹的狀態，不是正在發生的動作。It is a hospital-and-textbook word這是醫院和教科書會用的字。At the dinner table people say bloated or puffed up在餐桌上，大家會說bloated或puffed up。

Though actually, distended does not always mean danger; after a huge meal a stomach can be a little distended and still be fine. The point is the shape and the inside pressure, not the drama.

Though actually不過其實，distended does not always mean danger distended不一定代表危險，after a huge meal a stomach can be a little distended and still be fine吃了一頓大餐之後，胃有點distended也可能完全沒事。The point is the shape and the inside pressure重點是形狀和裡面的壓力，not the drama不是有多戲劇化。

It is not the same as extended, which means made longer.

It is not the same as extended它跟extended不一樣，which means made longerextended的意思是變長了。