释义 |
reach1 /rēch/ transitive verb (pat and pap reached or (obsolete) raught /röt/)- To stretch forth, hold out
- To hand, pass
- To succeed in touching or getting
- To communicate with
- To arrive at
- To extend to
- To deal, strike (archaic)
- To get at
- To take, snatch, seize (obsolete)
- To stretch, lengthen out (obsolete)
intransitive verb- To stretch out the hand
- To extend
- To amount
- To attain to (usu with for or after)
- To succeed in going or coming
noun- Act or power of reaching
- Extent of stretch
- Range, scope
- (usu pl) level or rank
- The number of people estimated to be exposed at least once to a particular advertisement (marketing)
- A conclusion that is barely justifiable or demands an effort of the imagination (N American)
- Artifice (obsolete)
- A stretch or portion between defined limits, as of a stream between bends
- The distance traversed between tacks (nautical)
- A bay (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OE rǣcan (pat rǣhte, rāhte; pap gerǣht); Ger reichen to reach reachˈable adjective reachˈer noun reachˈing adjective reachˈless adjective Unattainable reachˈ-me-down adjective Ready-made or second-hand noun - (often in pl) ready-made or second-hand attire
- Trousers
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