Any of various crawling insect larvae, such as a grub or a caterpillar, having a soft, elongated body. 幼虫几种爬行昆虫幼虫的一种,如蛆或毛毛虫,有柔软的,细长的身体
A slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure. 纤维一种细长的线状物体或组织
elongated
[ adj ]
drawn out or made longer spatially
<adj.all> Picasso's elongated Don Quixote lengthened skirts are fashionable this year the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes a prolonged black line across the page
having notably more length than width; being long and slender
<adj.all> an elongate tail tapering to a point the old man's gaunt and elongated frame
Elongate \E*lon"gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elongated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Elongating}.] [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See {Long}, a., and cf. {Eloign}.] 1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
2. To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
elongated \elongated\ adj. 1. having a length noticeably longer than the width.
Syn: elongate. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. rendered longer.
Syn: lengthened. [PJC]
It will settle into an elongated orbit, sooping to within 155 miles of the surface, and then sweeping out to a high point of almost 5,000 miles.
The probe emerges from the jug with an elongated growth like a candle.
The jeep involved was an elongated version of World War II jeeps widely used in this country for public transport.
His flamelike lines, brightly lighted figures and elongated, distorted forms depicting religious ecstasy and ascetic nobility have been brought to his hometown on Crete for the first time ever. They are on display at the Basilica of St. Mark.
One had unusual blossom clusters and produced small, elongated tomatoes.
The Heckler & Koch prototype, resembling an elongated home video camera, also has the mechanism in the buttstock.
The Shumard oak, one of 24 oak species found in South Carolina, is distinguished by its rough bark and elongated nut.
A 10-foot portrait of Hitler reviewing troops in a trench coat shows his moustache turned upwards and elongated _ not the way he wore it.
The trend caught on as the larger state-owned vineyards followed suit. Gently sloping smoky grey bottles or odalisque flasks with elongated necks make a beautiful addition to any wine cellar or dinner-table.