🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

膨胀的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: péngzhàng de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Distended/dɪˈstɛndɪd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"病人的腹部膨胀,表明可能存在内部问题。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Swollen or expanded due to pressure from internal contents.

    "The patient's abdomen was distended, indicating possible internal issues."
  2. 2

    Extended beyond the normal or usual limits.

    "The distended expectations of the project led to disappointment among the team."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'distended' originates from the Latin 'distendere', meaning 'to stretch out'. It entered the English language in the late Middle Ages, evolving from its original sense of physical stretching to encompass metaphorical uses in describing emotional or psychological states.

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