magnify

动词 magnify:

1. increase in size, volume or significance
   同义词：amplify
2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
   同义词：overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, amplify
3. make large
   同义词：blow up, enlarge

1. Telescopes and microscopes magnify.
   望远镜和显微镜能放大。
2. This lens can magnify 20 diameter.
   这个透镜能放大20倍。
3. The microscope magnified the object 100 times.
   这台显微镜将物体放大了100倍。

mag.ni.fy

v.（动词）
mag.ni.fied,mag.ni.fy.ing,mag.ni.fies
v.tr.（及物动词）
To make greater in size; enlarge.
使…在尺寸上变大；放大
To cause to appear greater or seem more important than is in fact the case; exaggerate:
夸大：使看起来比实际情况更伟大或更重要；夸张：
例句：
You have grossly magnified a trivial situation.See Synonyms at exaggerate
你过分地夸大了一件鸡毛蒜皮的小事参见 exaggerate

To increase the apparent size of, especially by means of a lens.
扩大外观上的尺寸，特别是利用透镜
To glorify or praise.
颂扬或者赞美
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To increase or have the power to increase the size or volume of an image or a sound.
放大或具有放大图象尺寸或声音音量的功能

来源：
Middle English magnifien [to extol]
中古英语 magnifien [颂扬]
from Old French magnifier
源自 古法语 magnifier
from Latin magnific3re
源自 拉丁语 magnific3re
from magnificus [magnificent] * see magnific
源自 magnificus [壮丽的] *参见 magnific