stretch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of stretching. countable,uncountable
    — I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
  2. The ability to lengthen when pulled. countable,uncountable
    — That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
  3. A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration. countable,idiomatic,uncountable
    — It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
  4. A segment of a journey or route. countable,uncountable
    — It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
  5. A segment or length of material. countable,uncountable
    — a stretch of cloth
  6. A walk. UK,archaic,countable,slang,uncountable
    — In the afternoon I went for a stretch into the country, & about 4 it cleared up pretty well, so I hurried back & we got a cart & drove to Bassano, a little town about 8 miles off, that we wanted to see.
  7. A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it. countable,uncountable
  8. A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner. countable,uncountable
  9. Term of address for a tall person. countable,informal,uncountable
    — “Hey, Stretch,” he shouted at a tall, spectacled co-worker, “turn the fucking station, will you? You know I can't stand Rush, and it's all they play on this one. If I hear those assholes whine 'Tom Sawyer' one more time, I may go on a fucking killing spree.
  10. The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish. countable,uncountable
  11. A length of time. countable,uncountable
    — After the harvest there was a stretch of clear dry weather, and the animals toiled harder than ever […]
  12. A length of time.; Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days. Ireland,countable,uncountable
    — There is a grand stretch in the evenings.
  13. A length of time.; The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs. countable,uncountable
    — The '42 Cardinals are best known for their amazing stretch run. St. Louis won 43 of their last 51 games and came back from a double-digit deficit in games in early August to edge out the Dodgers for the N.L. flag.
  14. A length of time.; A jail or prison term. countable,slang,uncountable
    — "Of course, if Cripps likes to stay here and do a stretch for burglary, well and good."
  15. A length of time.; A jail or prison term.; A jail or prison term of one year's duration. countable,slang,uncountable
  16. A length of time.; A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn. countable,uncountable
  17. Ellipsis of stretch limousine. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To lengthen by pulling. transitive
    — I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.
  2. To lengthen when pulled. intransitive
    — The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.
  3. To pull tight. transitive
    — First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.
  4. To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles. intransitive,transitive
    — I always stretch my muscles before exercising.
  5. To extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point. intransitive
    — The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.
  6. To get more use than expected from a limited resource. figuratively,transitive
    — I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.
  7. To make inaccurate by exaggeration. figuratively,transitive
    — To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
  8. To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something. transitive
    — Her bizarre explanation really stretches credulity.
  9. To increase. transitive
    — Yakubu took advantage of John Ruddy's error to put the visitors back in front, with Chris Samba's header stretching their advantage.
  10. To increase, to grow. intransitive
    — As I sat in the waiting room, the minutes stretched into hours.
  11. To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
    — The ship stretched to the eastward.
  12. To make a pulse or particle bunch longer by applying dispersion to it. transitive
    — Diffraction gratings are by far the most common elements used to stretch and compress pulses because of their substantial angular dispersion, […]
  13. To execute by hanging. archaic,slang,transitive
  14. To stretch the truth; to exaggerate. colloquial,intransitive,obsolete
    — a man apt to stretch in his report of facts

词形变化

stretches present,singular,third-person stretching participle,present stretched participle,past stretched past straught obsolete,participle,past straught obsolete,past straight obsolete,participle,past straight obsolete,past strech alternative,misspelling stremtch alternative,deliberate,misspelling stretches plural strech alternative,misspelling stremtch alternative,deliberate,misspelling

词汇关系

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antistretch astretch at a stretch at full stretch backstretch brand stretch by a long stretch by any stretch by any stretch of the imagination by no stretch by no stretch of imagination by no stretch of the imagination cat stretch electrostretch final stretch forestretch frontstretch full-stretch home stretch hyperstretch mechanostretch microstretch midstretch nonstretch octopus stretch on a stretch outstretch overstretch prestretch restretch seventh inning stretch stretchability stretchable stretch a point stretch-attend posture stretch band stretcher stretch fabric stretchflation stretch forth stretch four stretch goal stretch hemp stretching-iron stretch it out stretchless stretch limo stretch mark stretch of the imagination stretch one's legs stretch one's wings stretchout stretch out stretch-out stretch pants stretch printing stretchproof stretch receptor stretch reflex stretch rope stretch shortening cycle stretch target stretch the envelope stretch the long bow stretch the point stretch the rules stretch the truth stretch thin stretch wrap stretchy time-stretch time stretch analog-to-digital converter unstretch
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan (“to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch, make taut or tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-, *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with West Frisian strekke, Dutch strekken (“to stretch, straighten”), German strecken (“to stretch, straighten, elongate”), Danish strække (“to stretch”), Swedish sträcka (“to stretch”), Dutch strak (“taut, tight”), Albanian shtriqem (“to stretch”). More at stark.
词源 2
From Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan (“to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch, make taut or tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-, *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with West Frisian strekke, Dutch strekken (“to stretch, straighten”), German strecken (“to stretch, straighten, elongate”), Danish strække (“to stretch”), Swedish sträcka (“to stretch”), Dutch strak (“taut, tight”), Albanian shtriqem (“to stretch”). More at stark.
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