forestretch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which stretches out, forth, or forward. no-plural,rare
    — Now, we had not been looking about us above five minutes when, happening to glance aft past the helmsman, I saw the ocean not above half a mile distant white as milk: the forestretch of it was about two miles long; how wide it went back I could not say, [...]
动词 v.
  1. To stretch out, forth, or forward. rare,transitive
    — Bend in the forest then the plastic elm, By pressure moulded to the plough-beam's curve: To this be fitted at its nether point An eight foot pole, forestretching; back to back

词形变化

forestretches present,singular,third-person forestretching participle,present forestretched participle,past forestretched past

词源

词源 1
From fore- + stretch. Cognate with German vorstrecken.
词源 2
From fore- + stretch. Cognate with German vorstrecken.
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