🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

放大

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fàngdà

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
magnify/ˈmæɡ.nɪ.faɪ/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这台显微镜可以把细胞放大。"

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To make something appear larger than it is, especially by using a lens or microscope.

    "The microscope can magnify objects up to a thousand times."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French magnifier or Latin magnificare, from magnus 'great' + facere 'make'.

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