Stretch
[stretʃ] or [strɛtʃ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; 'running at full stretch'; 'by no stretch of the imagination'; 'beyond any stretch of his understanding'.
(noun.) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent.
(noun.) a straightaway section of a racetrack.
(noun.) the capacity for being stretched.
(noun.) a large and unbroken expanse or distance; 'a stretch of highway'; 'a stretch of clear water'.
(noun.) an unbroken period of time during which you do something; 'there were stretches of boredom'; 'he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary'.
(verb.) extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; 'Stretch your legs!'; 'Extend your right arm above your head'.
(verb.) extend one's body or limbs; 'Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours'.
(verb.) become longer by being stretched and pulled; 'The fabric stretches'.
(verb.) extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; 'Stretch the limits'; 'stretch my patience'; 'stretch the imagination'.
(verb.) pull in opposite directions; 'During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack'.
(verb.) lie down comfortably; 'To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass'.
(verb.) occupy a large, elongated area; 'The park stretched beneath the train line'.
(adj.) easily stretched; 'stretch hosiery' .
(adj.) having an elongated seating area; 'a stretch limousine' .
乔茜錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
(v. t.) To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
(v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
(v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
(v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
(v. t.) To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
(v. i.) To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.
(v. i.) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
(v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.
(v. i.) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.
(v. i.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
(n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
(n.) A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
(n.) The extent to which anything may be stretched.
(n.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
(n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
整理:帕斯夸里
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Strain, tighten, make tense.[2]. Extend, lengthen, elongate, draw out.[3]. Reach, stretch forth, hold out.[4]. Spread, expand, unfold, display.[5]. Exaggerate, extend too far.
v. n. Extend, reach, be drawn out.
n. [1]. Extent, extension, reach, compass, range.[2]. Effort, struggle, strain, exertion.
伊莉斯校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Extend, expand, elongate, draw_out, spread, strain, tighten, reach
ANT:Contract, fold, curtail, shrink, shorten
整理:佩吉
解釋/意思:
v.t. to extend: to draw out: to expand: to reach out: to exaggerate strain or carry further than is right: to cause to lie at full length: (slang) to hang.—v.i. to be drawn out: to be extended: to extend without breaking: to exaggerate.—n. act of stretching: effort: struggle: reach: extension: state of being stretched: utmost extent of meaning: course: one single uninterrupted sitting turn &c.: (slang) a year's imprisonment.—ns. Stretch′er anything used for stretching as gloves hats &c.: a frame on which a painter's canvas is stretched by means of wedges forced into the corners: a frame for carrying the sick or dead: a footboard for a rower; Stretch′er-bond a method of building in which bricks or stones are laid lengthwise in successive courses the joints of the one falling at the middle of that above and below; Stretch′ing-course a course of bricks or stones having all the faces outward; Stretch′ing-frame a machine for stretching cotton rovings before being spun into yarn: a frame on which starched fabrics are dried; Stretch′ing-ī′ron a currier's tool for dressing leather.—adj. Stretch′y apt to stretch too much: liable to stretch one's self from weariness.
手打:索菲
例句/造句/用法:
- But you can imagine how surprised I was, Mr. Holmes, when, on my return on the Monday, I saw the same man on the same stretch of road. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The trees and vines stretch across these narrow roadways sometimes and so shut out the sun that you seem to be riding through a tunnel. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- She was exposed to every stare, she passed on through a stretch of torment. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- From the coast inland, stretch, between flowered lanes and hedges, rolling pasture-lands of rich green made all the more vivid by th e deep reddish tint of the ploughed fields. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- For what did I say to myself arter having amused myself with that there stretch of a comic idea, as a sort of a playful game? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Your hands are bigger than mine, and you will stretch my glove dreadfully, began Meg, whose gloves were a tender point with her. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I ventured to stretch my hand to the bonnet-grec which lay in grim repose on the window-sill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- He _could not_ walk on, till daylight came again; and here he stretched himself close to the wall--to undergo new torture. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- St. Clare was stretched on a bamboo lounge in the verandah, solacing himself with a cigar. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Sir Percival looked seriously embarrassed and distressed, Mr. Fairlie stretched out his lazy legs on his velvet footstool, and said, Dear Marian! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- After I had eaten I was greatly invigorated, but feeling the need of rest I stretched out upon the silks and was soon asleep. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Now, Quimbo, said Legree, as he stretched himself down in the sitting-room, you jest go and walk that Tom up here, right away! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Tom stretched himself out on a box, and there, as he lay, he heard, ever and anon, a smothered sob or cry from the prostrate creature,--O! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I was just stretching my legs, when out bounced another woman on me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- She was so alone, with the level, unliving field of the water stretching beneath her. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Which contained--' interposed Monks, stretching forward. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- In effect, I am of no country,' said Mr Blandois, stretching out his leg and smiting it: 'I descend from half-a-dozen countries. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- He saw vividly with his spirit the grey, forward-stretching face of the negro woman, African and tense, abstracted in utter physical stress. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- They entered it in one of its lowest points, and drove for some time through a beautiful wood stretching over a wide extent. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Watson, in San Francisco, over a wire stretching 3,400 miles across the continent. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A reef of rocks, black and rough, stretches far into the sea. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- To run my hand along the Chain, when found, until I come to the part of it which stretches over the edge of the rocks, down into the quicksand. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- An extremely wide flank-membrane stretches from the corners of the jaw to the tail, and includes the limbs with the elongated fingers. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Even the land about Chat Moss was bought up and improved, and all along the line what had been waste stretches began to blossom into towns and villages. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- It seemed as if the bonfire-makers were standing in some radiant upper story of the world, detached from and independent of the dark stretches below. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- She goes down from the block, stops, looks wistfully back,--her daughter stretches her hands towards her. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Sorrows is more plentiful than dinners just now; I reckon, my dinner hour stretches all o'er the day; yo're pretty sure of finding me. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
塞西莉亚校對