1530s, "a release from confinement," from enlarge in the secondary Middle English sense "release a prisoner" (mid-15c.) + -ment. Meaning "act of increasing in size" is from 1560s. Photographic sense "picture of a larger size than the negative from which it was made" is from 1866.
双语例句
1. There is insufficient space for enlargement of the buildings.
没有足够的空间扩建这些建筑。
来自柯林斯例句
2. the enlargement of the company's overseas business activities
公司海外业务的扩展
来自《权威词典》
3. The chest X - rays showed moderate enlargement of the heart.
胸部 X 光片显示出心脏稍有扩大.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. An enlargement is often made from a small photograph.
大照片常由小照片放大而成.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. Firm liver enlargement and biochemical evidence of intrahepatic cholestasis are typical manifestations.
