vt.
使扩张；使上涨；向面扩散：
Habitual overeating had distended the boy's stomach.
习惯性的暴食使这男孩的胃扩张了。
使膨胀；使肿胀：
Air distends a balloon.
空气使气球膨胀。
The children's stomachs were distended by malnutrition.
孩子们的胃因营养不良而肿胀了。
吹嘘；夸大(重要性等)：
to distend the facts
夸大事实
vi.
扩张；膨胀；肿胀；上