(verb.) swell from or as if from internal pressure; 'The distended bellies of the starving cows'.
(verb.) cause to expand as it by internal pressure; 'The gas distended the animal's body'.
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双语例句
Now compress the artery leading from the organ, and the part between the heart and the point of pressur e, and the heart itself, become distended and take on a deep purple color. 李贝.西洋科学史.