stretch

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英[stret?]
美[stret?]

基本釋義

v.
伸展; 拉緊; 綿延,延續(xù); 足夠買/支付; 消耗; 使極盡所能
n.
一片; 一段時間; 舒展; 彈性; 直道

詞性變化

實用例句

Is there any way of stretching shoes?

有什么辦法能把鞋撐大嗎?

牛津詞典

The procession stretched for several miles...

游行隊伍長達數(shù)英里。

He had burns that stretched from his neck to his hips.

他從脖子到臀部均被燒傷。

It's a very dangerous stretch of road...

這是一段非常危險的路。

This stretch of Lost River was broader and deeper.

洛斯特里弗的這片水域又寬又深。

He yawned and stretched...

他打了個呵欠,伸了伸懶腰。

Try stretching your legs and pulling your toes upwards...

試著雙腿伸直并且向上拉伸腳趾。

He was fluent in French, having spent stretches of time in Southern France.

他曾在法國南部呆過一段時間,法語流利。

...after an 18-month stretch in the army...

在部隊生活了 18 個月后

...as anti-abortion protests stretched into their second week...

隨著反墮胎抗議進入第二周

The talks could be stretched into the summer of 1993.

該談判可能會延續(xù)至 1993 年夏天。

...a working day that stretches from seven in the morning to eight at night.

從早上 7 點持續(xù)到晚上 8 點的工作日

...a trading empire, with interests that stretched from chemicals to sugar.

從化學制品到食糖均有涉足的貿易帝國

The cables are designed not to stretch...

該電纜不能拉伸。

Ease the pastry into the corners of the tin, making sure you don't stretch it.

將油酥面團小心地移至烤盤的各角,注意不要把它拉長。

...stretch fabrics such as Lycra.

萊卡等有彈性的織物

...stretch cotton swimsuits.

彈力棉制泳衣

They're used to stretching their budgets...

他們習慣于精打細算。

During his senior year his earnings stretched far enough to buy an old car.

他上年紀時省下的收入足夠買一輛舊車了。

She suggested to me that I might like to start regular savings and I said Well, I don't know whether I can stretch to that.

她建議我可以開始定期存錢,我說我還不知道錢是不是夠花呢。

The drought there is stretching American resources...

那里的旱災正在耗盡美國的財力物力。

Public expenditure was being stretched to the limit by having to support 3 million unemployed people.

因為要救濟 300 萬失業(yè)人口,公共支出即將被耗盡。

I'm trying to move on and stretch myself with something different...

我正想換工作,想嘗試點不一樣的事情來挑戰(zhàn)一下自己。

They criticised the quality of teaching, claiming pupils were not stretched enough.

他們批評教學質量太差,聲稱沒有使學生們發(fā)揮出潛質。

He offered his lighter at full stretch.

他伸長胳膊把打火機遞了過去。

Everyone would be working at full stretch.

每個人都將全力以赴。

Her husband was not a womaniser by any stretch of the imagination...

她老公絕對不是個拈花惹草的人。

By no stretch of the imagination could his speech be described as impersonal.

他的演講再怎么說也不缺乏人情味。

I stopped at the square and got out to stretch my legs.

我在廣場處停下來,下車活動活動腿腳。

It is stretching a point to call this censorship.

把這稱為審查有點兒牽強。

真題例句

Some of this you do whenever you stretch.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

The general principle is simple: whenever the body has been in one position for a while, it is good to briefly stretch it in an opposite position

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

Although no form of matter yet discovered moves as fast as or faster than light, scientific experiments have already confirmed that accelerated motion causes a traveler's time to be stretched.

出自-2011年6月聽力原文

The roots of his speech, given in March at the roundtable meeting of environment and energy ministers from the G20 group of nations, stretch back to 1972, and the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

However, Brazil's stretch of misfortune has created opportunities for China, with a Chinese company winning the $100 million contract in 2015 to rebuild the Brazilian station.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

I try not to go online till my day's writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan in part so I could more easily survive for long stretches entirely on foot.

出自-2012年12月閱讀原文

For instance, the idea of the fall-to-spring"school year"hasn't changed much since before the American Revolution, when we were a summer stretch no longer makes sense.

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

The average amount of time students now take to complete an undergraduate degree has stretched to six years and seven months as students interrupted by work, inconvenienced by unavailable classes, or lured by one more football season find it hard to graduate.

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

As always, you should stretch at least ten minutes before each run to prevent injuries.

2015年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

You can see that 6 students earned an A because the bar for A stretches up to 6 on the vertical measurement.

2015年高考英語浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a large and unbroken expanse or distance;

    "a stretch of highway"

    "a stretch of clear water"

  • 2. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

  • 3. a straightaway section of a racetrack

  • 4. exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

  • 5. extension to or beyond the ordinary limit;

    "running at full stretch"

    "by no stretch of the imagination"

    "beyond any stretch of his understanding"

  • 6. an unbroken period of time during which you do something;

    "there were stretches of boredom"

    "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"

  • 7. the capacity for being stretched

Verb
  • 1. occupy a large, elongated area;

    "The park stretched beneath the train line"

  • 2. extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body;

    "Stretch your legs!"

    "Extend your right arm above your head"

  • 3. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length;

    "Unfold the newspaper"

    "stretch out that piece of cloth"

    "extend the TV antenna"

  • 4. become longer by being stretched and pulled;

    "The fabric stretches"

  • 5. make long or longer by pulling and stretching;

    "stretch the fabric"

  • 6. lie down comfortably;

    "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"

  • 7. pull in opposite directions;

    "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"

  • 8. extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly;

    "Stretch the limits"

    "stretch my patience"

    "stretch the imagination"

  • 9. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;

    "adulterate liquor"

  • 10. increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance;

    "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"

    "extend the casserole with a little rice"

  • 11. extend one's body or limbs;

    "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"

Adjective
  • 1. having an elongated seating area;

    "a stretch limousine"

  • 2. easily stretched;

    "stretch hosiery"

同義詞辨析

extend, lengthen, stretch, prolong

這些動詞含有"伸展,延長"或"延伸"之意。

  • extend: 指時間或空間的延長,也可指影響和使用范圍等的擴大。
  • lengthen: 指把長度或期限拉長或延長,其反義是shorten。
  • stretch: 指長度的延伸以及寬度的增加。
  • prolong: 通常指時間上延長得超過了一般或正常的限度。

同義詞

反義詞

vt. & vi.伸直;伸長

shrink

其他釋義

shrinkbend

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