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stretch v.变长；伸展 stretch (v.) Old English streccan (transitive and intransitive) "to stretch, spread out, prostrate; reach, extend" (past tense strehte, past participle streht), from Proto-Germanic *strakjanan (cognates: Danish strække, Swedish sträcka, Old Frisian strekka, Old High German strecchan, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old High German, German strecken "to stretch, draw out"), perhaps a variant of the root of stark, or else from PIE root *strenk- "tight, narrow; pull tight, twist" (see string (n.)).Meaning "to extend (the limbs or wings)" is from c.1200; that of "to lay out for burial" is from early 13c. To stretch one's legs "take a walk" is from c.1600. Meaning "to lengthen by force" first recorded late 14c.; figurative sense of "to enlarge beyond proper limits, exaggerate," is from 1550s. Stretch limo first attested 1973. Stretch marks is attested from 1960. Related: Stretched; stretching.stretch (n.) late 12c., "expanse of land;" 1540s, "act of stretching," from stretch (v.); meaning "unbroken continuance of some activity" is first recorded 1660s; meaning "straightaway of a race course" (as in home stretch) is recorded from 1839. 【记】音：拽扯，拽直

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[stretʃ] 【英】 v. 变长( become wider or longer);伸展(reach full length or width)【考】 ephemeral : endure / inelastic : stretch(短暂的不会持久/无 弹性的不会伸展) v. 使(绳子等)变长, 拉紧; 伸展(四肢)【类】ephemeral: endure = inelastic: stretch短暂的不会持久 = 无弹性的不会伸展

单词	stretch
音标	[stretʃ]
解释	v.变长；伸展
红宝书	【英】 v. 变长( become wider or longer);伸展(reach full length or width) 【考】 ephemeral : endure / inelastic : stretch(短暂的不会持久/无弹性的不会伸展)
字源	stretch (v.) Old English streccan (transitive and intransitive) "to stretch, spread out, prostrate; reach, extend" (past tense strehte, past participle streht), from Proto-Germanic strakjanan (cognates: Danish strække, Swedish sträcka, Old Frisian strekka, Old High German strecchan, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old High German, German strecken "to stretch, draw out"), perhaps a variant of the root of stark, or else from PIE root strenk- "tight, narrow; pull tight, twist" (see string (n.)). Meaning "to extend (the limbs or wings)" is from c.1200; that of "to lay out for burial" is from early 13c. To stretch one's legs "take a walk" is from c.1600. Meaning "to lengthen by force" first recorded late 14c.; figurative sense of "to enlarge beyond proper limits, exaggerate," is from 1550s. Stretch limo first attested 1973. Stretch marks is attested from 1960. Related: Stretched; stretching. stretch (n.) late 12c., "expanse of land;" 1540s, "act of stretching," from stretch (v.); meaning "unbroken continuance of some activity" is first recorded 1660s; meaning "straightaway of a race course" (as in home stretch) is recorded from 1839.
不择手段背单词	v. 使(绳子等)变长, 拉紧; 伸展(四肢) 【类】ephemeral: endure = inelastic: stretch短暂的不会持久 = 无弹性的不会伸展
趣味全助记	【记】音：拽扯，拽直

Stretch Meaning Recorded V Endure High German Middle