| 释义 |
stretch /strech/ transitive verb- To extend (in space or time)
- To draw out
- To expand, make longer or wider by tension
- To spread out
- To reach out
- To exaggerate, strain, or carry further than is right
- To lay at full length
- To lay out
- To place so as to reach from point to point or across a space
- To hang by the neck (slang)
intransitive verb- To be drawn out
- To reach
- To extend (with over, across, etc)
- To be sufficient
- To be extensible without breaking
- To straighten and extend fully one's body and limbs
- To exaggerate
- To go swiftly
noun- The act of stretching
- The state of being stretched
- Reach
- Extension
- Utmost extent
- Strain
- Undue straining
- Exaggeration
- A demanding task
- Extensibility
- A single spell
- A continuous journey
- An area, expanse
- A straight part of a course
- A term of imprisonment (slang)
- A stretch limo (slang)
- A pitching stance that is more upright than the wind-up (qv under wind2), used in order to prevent a runner from stealing a base (baseball)
adjective Capable of being stretched ORIGIN: OE streccan stretched adjective stretchˈer noun - A person who stretches
- Anything used for stretching eg gloves, hats, etc
- A frame for stretching a painter's canvas
- A frame for carrying the sick or wounded
- A rower's footboard
- A crossbar or horizontal member
- A brick, stone, sod, sandbag, etc laid horizontally with others in the forming of a wall
- An exaggeration or lie (informal)
transitive verb- To transport (a sick or injured person) by stretcher
- (with off) to carry (esp an injured player) from the field of play on a stretcher
stretchˈless adjective No longer liable to stretch stretchˈy adjective Able, apt, or inclined to stretch stretchˈer-bearer noun A person who carries injured from the field stretchˈer-bond or stretchˈing-bond noun A method of building with stretchers only, the joints of one course falling between those above and below stretching course noun A brick course entirely of stretchers stretching frame noun - A machine for stretching cotton rovings
- A frame on which starched fabrics are dried
stretching iron noun A currier's tool for dressing leather stretch limo noun (informal; in full stretch limousine) A luxurious, custom-made limousine that has been lengthened to provide extra seating, etc stretch marks plural noun Marks left on the skin where it has been stretched, esp after pregnancy at a stretch - Continuously, without interruption
- With difficulty
stretch a point To go further, esp in concession, than the strict rule allows stretch one's legs To take a walk, esp for exercise |