di·la·tion /daɪˈleʃən/
膨脹;擴大部份
di·la·tion /daɪˈleʃən/ 名詞
擴張,膨脹,擴大,擴張術,擴張症
Di·la·tion n. Delay. [Obs.]
Di·la·tion, n. The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
At first her eye with slow dilation rolled. --Tennyson.
A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. --Dickens.
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dilation
n 1: a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular
topic
2: the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil
of the eye" [syn: dilatation]