Strain
[streɪn] or [stren]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an intense or violent exertion.
(noun.) (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces.
(noun.) injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain.
(noun.) (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress; 'his responsibilities were a constant strain'; 'the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him'.
(verb.) use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; 'He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro'; 'Don't strain your mind too much'.
(verb.) become stretched or tense or taut; 'the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;' 'the rope strained when the weight was attached'.
編輯:汤姆--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
(n.) Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
(n.) Rank; a sort.
(a.) To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.
(a.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it.
(a.) To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.
(a.) To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person.
(a.) To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship.
(a.) To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.
(a.) To squeeze; to press closely.
(a.) To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
(a.) To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation.
(a.) To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth.
(v. i.) To make violent efforts.
(v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil.
(n.) The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
(n.) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain.
(n.) A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress.
(n.) A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement.
(n.) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career.
(n.) Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain.
校對:塞勒斯特
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Stretch, draw tightly.[2]. Wrench, sprain.[3]. Exert (to the utmost), put to the utmost strength.[4]. Pervert (from the true intent), push too far.[5]. Force, constrain, compel.[6]. Filter, purify (by filtration).
v. n. [1]. Try hard, make great efforts.[2]. Percolate, filter, be filtered, be strained.
n. [1]. Extreme tension.[2]. Over-exertion, violent effort, great exertion.[3]. Sprain, wrench.[4]. Tune, melody, movement.[5]. Poem, lay, song, sonnet.[6]. Style, manner.
手打:西尔维亚
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Stretch, tighten, force, exert, filter, filtrate, percolate, depurate, purify,clarify, defecate, lixiviate
ANT:Loosen, relax, remit, slacken, thicken, incrassate, inspissate, befoul
手打:玛丽安
解釋/意思:
n. race stock generation: descent: natural tendency any admixture or element in one's character.—n. Strain′ing-beam a tie-beam uniting the tops of the queen-posts.
v.t. to stretch tight: to draw with force: to exert to the utmost: to injure by overtasking: to make tight: to constrain make uneasy or unnatural: to press to one's self to embrace: to pass through a filter.—v.i. to make violent efforts: to filter.—n. the act of straining: a violent effort: an injury inflicted by straining esp. a wrenching of the muscles: a note sound or song stretch of imagination &c.: any change of form or bulk of a portion of matter either solid or fluid the system of forces which sustains the strain being called the stress: mood disposition.—ns. Strain′er one who or that which strains: an instrument for filtration: a sieve colander &c.; Strain′ing a piece of leather for stretching as a base for the seat of a saddle.—Strain a point to make a special effort: to exceed one's duty; Strain at in Matt. xxiii. 24 a misprint for Strain out.
校對:奥利弗
例句/造句/用法:
- His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Small elevated tanks, like those of the windmill, frequently have heavy iron bands around their lower portion as a protection against the extra strain. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The burden fell into a strain or tune as he stumped along the pavements. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Take one table-spoonful of starch, dissolve it in cold water, and when the boiled starch gets lukewarm pour it over it, stir well, and strain. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- It is not sufficient that the bottom be strong; the sides likewise must support their strain, and hence must be increased in strength with depth. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Any presence but that of the nurses was a strain and an effort to him now. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He had a peculiar eye, and I made up my mind that there was a strain of insanity somewhere. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- A departure was early made in the matter of strengthening the ribs of oak to better meet the strains from the rough seas. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Meanwhile the water strains through the wire cloth, leaving a thin layer of moist interlaced fibre spread in a white sheet over the surface of the belt. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The uprising of the star of day was hailed by triumphant strains, while the birds, heard by snatches, filled up the intervals of the music. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Mr. Dashwood's strains were more solemn. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- At a low level of civilization, differences in language cause very powerful political strains. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Work or industry offers little to engage the emotions and the imagination; it is a more or less mechanical series of strains. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It strains hope a little too much. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Ursula, her heart strained with anxiety, was watching the hill beyond; the white, descending road, that should give sight of him. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Suddenly his strange, strained attention gave way, he could not attend to these mysteries any more. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He thought, then, that her cheek was more strained than usual, and that it was colder. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The umbrella strained and pulled and I felt us driving along with it. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- In practice, the wood ashes were boiled in water, which was then strained off, and the resulting filtrate, or lye, was mixed with the fats for soap making. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- To Archer's strained nerves the vision was as soothing as the sight of the blue sky and the lazy river. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- He had something to tell: he was going to tell me that something: my ear strained its nerve to hear it, and I had made the confidence impossible. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- But how if another claw in the shape of me is straining to thwart it? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The straining of the imagination always hinders the regular flowing of the passions and sentiments. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Mrs. Sparsit, from her place at the backgammon board, was constantly straining her eyes to pierce the shadows without. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Mademoiselle is hardly audible in straining through her teeth and lips the words, You are a devil. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Aunt Chloe stood anxiously straining her eyes out into the darkness. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Straining his powers of listening to the utmost, he listened for any sound that might denote suspicion or alarm. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I kept straight on, with my cudgel ready in my hand, my ears on the alert, and my eyes straining to see through the mist and the darkness. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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