reach

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 rēch

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of stretching or extending; extension.
  2. Alternative form of riichi. Japanese,alt-of,alternative
  3. Alternative form of retch. alt-of,alternative,dialectal,obsolete
  4. The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
    — The fruit is beyond my reach.
  5. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
    — Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended.
  6. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
    — And on the left hand, hell, / With long reach, interposed.
  7. An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch. informal
    — To call George eloquent is certainly a reach.
  8. The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
  9. Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
  10. The distance traversed between tacks.
  11. A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
    — the gulfe Iasius, and all the coast thereof is very full of creekes and reaches.
  12. A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
  13. An extended portion or area of land or water.
    — Lower down, in a little reach of the lagoon there grew a clump of casuarinas, those timid isolates that withdraw from other trees, selecting their own privacy, which is for ever whispering secrets up in their feathery fronds, set in motion by the slightest breeze.
  14. An article to obtain an advantage. obsolete
    — The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own, under hand, to cross the design.
  15. The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
    — They leaped ahead just as Ruth came to the side of the long reach that connected the small pair of front wheels with the huge wheels in the rear.
动词 v.
  1. Alternative form of retch. alt-of,alternative,dialectal,obsolete
  2. To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand). intransitive
    — He reached for a weapon that was on the table.
  3. To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over. transitive
    — to reach someone a book
  4. To stretch out the hand. intransitive
  5. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc. transitive
    — to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear
  6. To strike or touch. transitive
    — His bullet reached its intended target.
  7. To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut. broadly,transitive
    — A few words, lovingly, encouragingly spoken failed to reach her heart.
  8. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent. transitive
    — his hand reaches the river
  9. To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind. transitive
    — After three years, he reached the position of manager.
  10. To make contact with. figuratively,transitive
    — I tried to reach you all day.
  11. To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone). figuratively,transitive
    — What will it take for me to reach him?
  12. To arrive at a particular destination. India,Singapore,intransitive
    — The particulars that reach from Eastern Bengal require corroboration.
  13. To continue living until or up to (a certain age). transitive
    — You can only access the inheritance money when you reach the age of 25.
  14. To understand; to comprehend. obsolete
    — Do what, sir? I reach you not.
  15. To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
    — Reach for your dreams.
  16. To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something). intransitive
    — The Thembu tribe reaches back for twenty generations to King Zwide.
  17. To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
  18. To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up. Multicultural-London-English,slang
    — What time you reaching tomorrow?

词形变化

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词汇关系

衍生词
areach atreach broad-reaching far-reaching farreaching forereach highreaching misreach outreach overreach reachability reachable reach across the aisle reach an early grave reach down reacher reach for reach for the moon reach for the skies reach for the sky reach for the stars reach-me-down reach out reach past reach rock bottom reach-through rereach underreach unreach unreachable unreached upreach when I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun

词源

词源 1
From Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣċan (“to reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną, from the Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind, reach”).
Cognate with Dutch reiken, German reichen.
词源 2
From Japanese 立直 (rīchi), from Chinese 立直 (lìzhí).
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