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stretch v.伸展；延伸；张开；夸大n.伸展；张开；弹性；一段时间；<俚>刑期adj.可伸缩的 (1) 辽阔的草场向东伸展。(2) 她探身去取放在餐桌对面的黄油。(3) 风景似乎延伸到了无穷远处。(4) 她对所有的人怀着亲如手足的感情，她希望投身于他们的怀抱，以为他们会张开双臂接纳她。(5) 那粗壮的树干，盘枝错节，迎着朝日，伸出千百根枝条，枝头上，杜鹃花摇曳着迎风开放，像是张开一朵朵彩色的花伞。(6) 我起床后舒服地伸了个懒腰。(7) 他伸出手臂，够著了那个架子。(8) 你需要一种弹性很大的布料。(9) 她连续工作了六个小时。 Stretch is a word that has many great usages. The sense of extending one’s limbs came about circa 1200. Four hundred years later brought the phrase "stretch your legs," meaning take a walk. Don’t walk too vigorously, though, or you could stretch a muscle. The word can also be used as a noun, meaning an expanse, as in, "Looking toward the horizon, the thirsty man saw an endless stretch of sand."

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英 [stretʃ] 美 [stretʃ] (1) Vast meadows stretch to the east.(2) She stretched across the table for the butter.(3) The landscape seemed to stretch into infinity.(4) Feeling intense fellowship with all human beings, she wished to throw herself into their arms, thinking that they would stretch them out to receive her.(5) The strong boles stretch hundreds and thousands of tress towards the rising sun.The blossoms on the branches joggling with the breeze, like numerous colorful umbrellas spreaded.(6) I got out of the bed and had a good stretch.(7) With a stretch of his arm, he reached the shelf.(8) You need a material with plenty of stretch in it.(9) She worked for six hours at a stretch. To stretch is to extend or lengthen something beyond the normal length. You stretched both your vacation and the truth when you called out of work on Monday saying your flight home from Ibiza was canceled. 1[VERB 动词]延伸；绵延 Something that stretches over an area or distance covers or exists in the whole of that area or distance.   [V prep/adv]  [V n]  [no cont]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。...an artificial reef stretching the length of the coast.沿着海岸延伸的人造暗礁2[N-COUNT 可数名词]一片；一泓；一段 A stretch of road, water, or land is a length or area of it.   [usu N of n]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。...a long stretch of beach with fine white sand.沙粒又细又白的一大片海滩3[VERB 动词]伸展；舒展 When you stretch, you put your arms or legs out straight and tighten your muscles.   [V]  [V n]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。She arched her back and stretched herself.她弓起背，舒展身体。Stretch is also a noun.At the end of a workout spend time cooling down with some slow stretches.训练结束后花时间做些缓慢的伸展运动来降降温。stretchingMake sure no awkward stretching is required.确定不用做太难的伸展动作。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]一段时间 A stretch of time is a period of time.   [oft N of n]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He would study for eight to ten hours at a stretch.他会一口气学习 8 到 10 个小时。5[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)延续；(使)持续 If an event or activity stretches or is stretched into a further period of time, it continues into that period, which is later than expected.   [V into/to n]  [be V-ed into/to n]...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。6[VERB 动词](从一个时间)持续(至另一个时间) If something stretches from one time to another, it begins at the first time and ends at the second, which is longer than expected.   [V from n to n]...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7[VERB 动词]包括；涉及；囊括 If a group of things stretch from one type of thing to another, the group includes a wide range of things.   [V from n to n]...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8[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](把…)拉长；(把…)撑大；(把…)拉细 When something soft or elastic stretches or is stretched, it becomes longer or bigger as well as thinner, usually because it is pulled.   [V]  [V n]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。9[ADJ 形容词](织物)有弹性的，有弹力的 Stretch fabric is soft and elastic and stretches easily.   [ADJ n]...stretch fabrics such as Lycra.莱卡等有弹性的织物...stretch cotton swimsuits.弹力棉制泳衣10[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)延长使用；节俭地使用 If you stretch an amount of something or if it stretches, you make it last longer than it usually would by being careful and not wasting any of it.   [V n]  [V]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。11[VERB 动词]刚能够节约下来(或支付) If your resources can stretch to something, you can just afford to do it.   [V to n]  [no cont]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。12[VERB 动词]耗尽，竭尽(财力或物力) If something stretches your money or resources, it uses them up so you have hardly enough for your needs.   [V n]  [be V-ed prep/adv]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。stretchedThe deal will also help the company's stretched finances.这笔生意也将有助于缓解公司的资金紧张状况。13[VERB 动词]使竭尽所能；使全力以赴；使拿出全部本领 If you say that a job or task stretches you, you mean that you like it because it makes you work hard and use all your energy and skills so that you do not become bored or achieve less than you should.   [V pron-refl]  [V n]  [approval]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。14[PHRASE 短语](通常指为够到某东西而)尽量伸长手臂 If you are at full stretch, your arm is straight and extended as far as possible, usually because you are trying to reach something that is almost too far away.   [usu v PHR]He offered his lighter at full stretch.他伸长胳膊把打火机递了过去。15[PHRASE 短语]竭尽全力；全力以赴 If you are at full stretch, you are using the maximum amount of effort or energy.   [PHR after v]Everyone would be working at full stretch.每个人都将全力以赴。16[PHRASE 短语]任凭怎么想也(不)；再怎么说也(不) If you say that something is not true or possible by any stretch of the imagination, you are emphasizing that it is completely untrue or absolutely impossible.   [emphasis]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。17[PHRASE 短语](久坐之后)散散步，活动活动腿脚 If you stretch your legs, you go for a short walk, usually after you have been sitting down for a long time.   [V inflects]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。18[PHRASE 短语]牵强附会；勉强说得过去 If you stretch a point, you describe something in a way which is not accurate, although it may be partly true.   [V inflects]It is stretching a point to call this censorship.把这称为审查有点儿牵强。相关词组：stretch out

英语单词	stretch
英美音标	英 [stretʃ] 美 [stretʃ]
中文释义	v.伸展；延伸；张开；夸大 n.伸展；张开；弹性；一段时间；<俚>刑期 adj.可伸缩的
英语例句	(1) Vast meadows stretch to the east. (2) She stretched across the table for the butter. (3) The landscape seemed to stretch into infinity. (4) Feeling intense fellowship with all human beings, she wished to throw herself into their arms, thinking that they would stretch them out to receive her. (5) The strong boles stretch hundreds and thousands of tress towards the rising sun.The blossoms on the branches joggling with the breeze, like numerous colorful umbrellas spreaded. (6) I got out of the bed and had a good stretch. (7) With a stretch of his arm, he reached the shelf. (8) You need a material with plenty of stretch in it. (9) She worked for six hours at a stretch.
中文例句	(1) 辽阔的草场向东伸展。 (2) 她探身去取放在餐桌对面的黄油。 (3) 风景似乎延伸到了无穷远处。 (4) 她对所有的人怀着亲如手足的感情，她希望投身于他们的怀抱，以为他们会张开双臂接纳她。 (5) 那粗壮的树干，盘枝错节，迎着朝日，伸出千百根枝条，枝头上，杜鹃花摇曳着迎风开放，像是张开一朵朵彩色的花伞。 (6) 我起床后舒服地伸了个懒腰。 (7) 他伸出手臂，够著了那个架子。 (8) 你需要一种弹性很大的布料。 (9) 她连续工作了六个小时。
vocabulary简明	To stretch is to extend or lengthen something beyond the normal length. You stretched both your vacation and the truth when you called out of work on Monday saying your flight home from Ibiza was canceled.
vocabulary扩展	Stretch is a word that has many great usages. The sense of extending one’s limbs came about circa 1200. Four hundred years later brought the phrase "stretch your legs," meaning take a walk. Don’t walk too vigorously, though, or you could stretch a muscle. The word can also be used as a noun, meaning an expanse, as in, "Looking toward the horizon, the thirsty man saw an endless stretch of sand."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]延伸；绵延 Something that stretches over an area or distance covers or exists in the whole of that area or distance. [V prep/adv] [V n] [no cont] 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。 ...an artificial reef stretching the length of the coast. 沿着海岸延伸的人造暗礁 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]一片；一泓；一段 A stretch of road, water, or land is a length or area of it. [usu N of n] 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。 ...a long stretch of beach with fine white sand. 沙粒又细又白的一大片海滩 3 [VERB 动词]伸展；舒展 When you stretch, you put your arms or legs out straight and tighten your muscles. [V] [V n] 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。 She arched her back and stretched herself. 她弓起背，舒展身体。 Stretch is also a noun. At the end of a workout spend time cooling down with some slow stretches. 训练结束后花时间做些缓慢的伸展运动来降降温。 stretching Make sure no awkward stretching is required. 确定不用做太难的伸展动作。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]一段时间 A stretch of time is a period of time. [oft N of n] 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 He would study for eight to ten hours at a stretch. 他会一口气学习 8 到 10 个小时。 5 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)延续；(使)持续 If an event or activity stretches or is stretched into a further period of time, it continues into that period, which is later than expected. [V into/to n] [be V-ed into/to n] ...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。 6 [VERB 动词](从一个时间)持续(至另一个时间) If something stretches from one time to another, it begins at the first time and ends at the second, which is longer than expected. [V from n to n] ...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 7 [VERB 动词]包括；涉及；囊括 If a group of things stretch from one type of thing to another, the group includes a wide range of things. [V from n to n] ...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 8 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](把…)拉长；(把…)撑大；(把…)拉细 When something soft or elastic stretches or is stretched, it becomes longer or bigger as well as thinner, usually because it is pulled. [V] [V n] 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。 9 [ADJ 形容词](织物)有弹性的，有弹力的 Stretch fabric is soft and elastic and stretches easily. [ADJ n] ...stretch fabrics such as Lycra. 莱卡等有弹性的织物 ...stretch cotton swimsuits. 弹力棉制泳衣 10 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)延长使用；节俭地使用 If you stretch an amount of something or if it stretches, you make it last longer than it usually would by being careful and not wasting any of it. [V n] [V] 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。 11 [VERB 动词]刚能够节约下来(或支付) If your resources can stretch to something, you can just afford to do it. [V to n] [no cont] 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。 12 [VERB 动词]耗尽，竭尽(财力或物力) If something stretches your money or resources, it uses them up so you have hardly enough for your needs. [V n] [be V-ed prep/adv] 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。 stretched The deal will also help the company's stretched finances. 这笔生意也将有助于缓解公司的资金紧张状况。 13 [VERB 动词]使竭尽所能；使全力以赴；使拿出全部本领 If you say that a job or task stretches you, you mean that you like it because it makes you work hard and use all your energy and skills so that you do not become bored or achieve less than you should. [V pron-refl] [V n] [approval] 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。 14 [PHRASE 短语](通常指为够到某东西而)尽量伸长手臂 If you are at full stretch, your arm is straight and extended as far as possible, usually because you are trying to reach something that is almost too far away. [usu v PHR] He offered his lighter at full stretch. 他伸长胳膊把打火机递了过去。 15 [PHRASE 短语]竭尽全力；全力以赴 If you are at full stretch, you are using the maximum amount of effort or energy. [PHR after v] Everyone would be working at full stretch. 每个人都将全力以赴。 16 [PHRASE 短语]任凭怎么想也(不)；再怎么说也(不) If you say that something is not true or possible by any stretch of the imagination, you are emphasizing that it is completely untrue or absolutely impossible. [emphasis] 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。 17 [PHRASE 短语](久坐之后)散散步，活动活动腿脚 If you stretch your legs, you go for a short walk, usually after you have been sitting down for a long time. [V inflects] 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。 18 [PHRASE 短语]牵强附会；勉强说得过去 If you stretch a point, you describe something in a way which is not accurate, although it may be partly true. [V inflects] It is stretching a point to call this censorship. 把这称为审查有点儿牵强。相关词组： stretch out

Stretch [V N Ed Verb 动词 I Ing