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    Enlargement is the act of making something bigger, or the bigger result of that. You might ask a photo shop for an enlargement of a picture — a bigger printed copy. Companies talk about the enlargement of a business, meaning it's growing larger. Doctors also use it for body parts that have grown bigger than normal, often as a sign of a health problem, like 'an enlargement of the heart.'

    擴大、放大(照片放大、企業擴張、器官腫大等)

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  • enlargethe verb this comes from — to make bigger
  • largethe root word — big

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

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enlargementnoun/ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ.mənt/

  • 1

    An act or instance of making something larger.

    • Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.
  • 2

    A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.

    • Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.
  • 3

    An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.

  • 4

    obsoleteFreedom from confinement; liberty.

    • Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither.
  • 5

    Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.

    • Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose.
    • He could discover very little further interest in his breakfast and turned to the other papers for possible enlargement of the details.

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