enlarge的词源

英文词源

enlarge (v.)

mid-14c., "grow fat, increase" (intrans.); c. 1400, "make larger" (trans.), from Old French enlargier "to widen, increase, make larger," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + large (see large). Meaning "expand in words, speak at large" is from 1650s. Related: Enlarged; enlarging.

中文词源

enlarge：扩大

en-, 进入，使。large，大。

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