stretch

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英[stretʃ]
美[stretʃ]

基本释义

v.
伸展; 拉紧; 绵延,延续; 足够买/支付; 消耗; 使极尽所能
n.
一片; 一段时间; 舒展; 弹性; 直道

词性变化

实用例句

Is there any way of stretching shoes?

有什么办法能把鞋撑大吗?

牛津词典

The procession stretched for several miles...

游行队伍长达数英里。

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

他从脖子到臀部均被烧伤。

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

这是一段非常危险的路。

This stretch of Lost River was broader and deeper.

洛斯特里弗的这片水域又宽又深。

He yawned and stretched...

他打了个呵欠,伸了伸懒腰。

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

试着双腿伸直并且向上拉伸脚趾。

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

他曾在法国南部呆过一段时间,法语流利。

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

在部队生活了 18 个月后

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

随着反堕胎抗议进入第二周

The talks could be stretched into the summer of 1993.

该谈判可能会延续至 1993 年夏天。

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

从早上 7 点持续到晚上 8 点的工作日

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

从化学制品到食糖均有涉足的贸易帝国

The cables are designed not to stretch...

该电缆不能拉伸。

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

将油酥面团小心地移至烤盘的各角,注意不要把它拉长。

...stretch fabrics such as Lycra.

莱卡等有弹性的织物

...stretch cotton swimsuits.

弹力棉制泳衣

They're used to stretching their budgets...

他们习惯于精打细算。

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

他上年纪时省下的收入足够买一辆旧车了。

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.

她建议我可以开始定期存钱,我说我还不知道钱是不是够花呢。

The drought there is stretching American resources...

那里的旱灾正在耗尽美国的财力物力。

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

因为要救济 300 万失业人口,公共支出即将被耗尽。

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

我正想换工作,想尝试点不一样的事情来挑战一下自己。

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

他们批评教学质量太差,声称没有使学生们发挥出潜质。

He offered his lighter at full stretch.

他伸长胳膊把打火机递了过去。

Everyone would be working at full stretch.

每个人都将全力以赴。

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

她老公绝对不是个拈花惹草的人。

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

他的演讲再怎么说也不缺乏人情味。

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

我在广场处停下来,下车活动活动腿脚。

It is stretching a point to call this censorship.

把这称为审查有点儿牵强。

真题例句

Some of this you do whenever you stretch.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月听力原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 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年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

英英释义

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"

同义词辨析

extend, lengthen, stretch, prolong

这些动词含有"伸展,延长"或"延伸"之意。

  • extend: 指时间或空间的延长,也可指影响和使用范围等的扩大。
  • lengthen: 指把长度或期限拉长或延长,其反义是shorten。
  • stretch: 指长度的延伸以及宽度的增加。
  • prolong: 通常指时间上延长得超过了一般或正常的限度。

同义词

反义词

vt. & vi.伸直;伸长

shrink

其他释义

shrinkbend

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