LONGto make something longer or to become longer(使)延长,(使)加长OPP shorten
Can you lengthen this skirt for me?
你能不能帮我把这条裙子改长?
The days lengthened as summer approached.
随着夏天来临,白天变长了。
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In everyday English, people usually say that something gets longer rather than lengthens: 在日常英语中,表示某物变长,人们一般说 get longer,而不说 lengthen
The days began to get longer.
白昼开始变长。
Examples from the Corpus
lengthen• He smiled and the creases at the corners of his eyes lengthened.• Shadows began to lengthen as the sunsank in the sky.• The crack seemed to open wider and lengthen before her eyes.• As afternoondrew on and the shadows lengthened, her fears increased.• There was plenty of room on the course and it was relatively easy to lengthen it enough to test the professionals.• The more lives lengthen, it seems certain, the more change happens.• Plans to lengthenmilitary service from 15 to 18 months will also be scrapped if the talks succeed.• Again, you can lengthen or shorten the story by including or excluding the various parts, which are mostly self-contained.• But as the separation from her husbandlengthened, she found herself becoming increasingly despondent.• This particular operation involves lengthening the Achilles tendon.• The only solution for this is to use a solderingiron to lengthen them!• Can you lengthen these pants for me?• We find out that days are lengthening, whyApril has fools and how to slow time to a stop.• He wore blue jeans, which had been lengthened with strips of denim.• Because the muscles are being lengthened, you may experience pain in them.