overstretch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of stretching something too far or beyond available resources.
动词 v.
  1. To stretch too far.
    — The idle triumphes, maskes, lasciuious showes And prodigall gifts bestowed on Gaueston, Haue drawne thy treasure drie, and made thee weake, The murmuring commons ouerstretched hath.
  2. To stretch over something.

词形变化

overstretches present,singular,third-person overstretching participle,present overstretched participle,past overstretched past overstretches plural

词汇关系

衍生词
overstretched

词源

词源 1
From Middle English overstrecchen, corresponding to over- + stretch. Compare Dutch overstrekken (“to overstretch”), German überstrecken (“to overstretch”).
词源 2
From Middle English overstrecchen, corresponding to over- + stretch. Compare Dutch overstrekken (“to overstretch”), German überstrecken (“to overstretch”).
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