expatiate

英 [ɪk'speɪʃieɪt] 美 [ɪk'speɪʃieɪt]

• v. 详述；细说；漫游

英英释义

Verb:

1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

   "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
   

经典引文

• Winter-flies..crawl out..to expatiate in the sun.

  出自： J. R. Lowell

词汇搭配

• expatiate upon 细说
• expatiate on 详述

近反义词

【近义词】

• lucubrate 精心制作
• expound 详细说明
• flesh out 长胖
• exposit 揭示
• expand 使 ... 膨胀
• dilate 使扩大
• elaborate 详尽的
• enlarge 扩大