English Dictionary

dilate

IPA（発音記号）

/daɪˈleɪt/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞

(transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger. / (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.

日本語の意味

（何かを）拡大する、大きくする / （何かが）広がる、拡大する

To examine the retina more clearly, the ophthalmologist will dilate the patient's pupils.

網膜をより詳しく検査するために、眼科医は患者の瞳孔を拡大します。

意味（1）

(transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.

The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.

His heart dilates and glories in his strength.

意味（3）

(transitive, intransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".

Do me the favour to dilate at full / What hath befallen of them and thee till now.

意味（4）

(medicine, transitive, intransitive) To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).

An experimenter in New York has recently advocated what he is pleased to call temporary forcible dilatation of the trachea in the treatment of membranous croup, his idea being to introduce into the trachea a dilator and to forcibly dilate, every few hours if need be, and he reports favorable results.

dilates （ present singular third-person ）

dilating （ participle present ）

dilated （ participle past ）

dilated （ past ）