protract

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɹəˈtɹakt/    美 /pɹoʊˈtɹækt/|/pɹəˈtɹækt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
    — Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock; Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
  2. To use a protractor.
  3. To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
    — This is a synopsis of our marches, which, protracted on Burckhardt’s map, gives an error of ten miles.
  4. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.
    — to protract a decision or duty
  5. To extend; to protrude.
    — A cat can protract and retract its claws.

词形变化

protracts present,singular,third-person protracting participle,present protracted participle,past protracted past

词汇关系

衍生词
protracted protractedly protractedness protractile protraction protractive protractor protractable protractible
相关词
tract and its related terms

词源

From the past participle stem of Latin prōtrahō. By surface analysis, pro- + tract.
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