stretch
英 [stretʃ] 美 [strɛtʃ]

v.

伸展；延伸；持续；包括

n.

伸展；弹性；一片；一段时间

adj.

可伸缩的；弹性的；

变形

复数：stretches过去式：stretched过去分词：stretched现在分词：stretching第三人称单数：stretches

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. 伸展; 拉紧 make wider, longer or tighter, by pulling
2. vt. & vi. 延伸extend

n.(名词)

1. [S] 伸展,延伸,延续 act of stretching
2. [C] 一段时间,一段路程,一段水域 continuous period of time; a level area or section of land or water

英英释义

stretch

• n.
  • a large and unbroken expanse or distance

    "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"

  • the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

    同义词：reachreaching

  • a straightaway section of a racetrack
  • exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

    同义词：stretching

  • extension to or beyond the ordinary limit

    "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"

  • an unbroken period of time during which you do something

    "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"

    同义词：stint

  • the capacity for being stretched

    同义词：stretchinessstretchability

• v.
  • occupy a large, elongated area

    "The park stretched beneath the train line"

    同义词：stretch along

  • extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

    同义词：extend

  • extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

    "stretch out that piece of cloth"

    同义词：unfoldstretch outextend

  • become longer by being stretched and pulled

    "The fabric stretches"

  • make long or longer by pulling and stretching

    "stretch the fabric"

    同义词：elongate

  • lie down comfortably

    "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"

    同义词：stretch out

  • pull in opposite directions

    "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"

  • extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly

    "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"

  • corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

    同义词：adulteratedilutedebase

  • increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

    "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"

    同义词：extend

  • extend one's body or limbs

    "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"

    同义词：stretch out

• adj.
  • having an elongated seating area

    "a stretch limousine"

  • easily stretched

    "stretch hosiery"

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• stretch oneself伸伸懒腰
• stretch a point不按规章办事,超过自己的权限,牵强附会
• stretch the rope tight将绳子拉紧

～+副词

• stretch casually漫不经心地伸展
• stretch consciously自觉地伸展
• stretch incessantly不断地伸展
• stretch moderately适度地伸展
• stretch away延伸得很远
• stretch away for hundreds of miles(森林)绵延数百英里
• stretch out伸出,延长,拖长
• stretch oneself out on the lawn直躺在草地上

～+介词

• stretch for延伸
• stretch to延伸到

词组短语

stretch oneself伸懒腰；伸展身体；尽最大的努力

stretch out伸手

at a stretch一口气地，不休息地

on the stretch紧张着

stretch film拉伸膜；缠绕膜

stretch bending拉弯，拉伸弯曲；伸张弯曲

stretch fabric松紧织物；延伸织物

stretch forming拉伸成形法

at full stretch非常紧张；竭尽全力

stretch back回溯到

home stretch 冲刺阶段；（跑道的）终点直道（等于home straight）

stretch mark妊娠纹，白纹

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

enlarge, stretch, expand, reinforce, magnify, amplify

enlargev.扩大，多指具体物品如相片的放大。

enlarge photograph放大照片enlarge a house扩建房屋

stretch v. (有弹性地)伸展，延伸，并有可能超过限度；伸长、伸出(身体某部位)并绷紧肌肉(尤指在放松后或为了够着某物)。

The pullover stretched after I had worn it a few times.这件套头毛衣我穿了几次之后就撑大了。

Having finished their morning work, the clerks stood up behind their desks, stretching themselves.完成了早间工作之后，职员们站到桌子后面伸伸懒腰。

expandv.指范围、体积的扩大、增大，也可以指内容或细节的充实。

The balloon expanded, then exploded.气球先是膨胀，然后就爆破了。

reinforcev.增援，加固。

magnifyv.放大，指用透镜或显微镜使物体看上去大一些。

His eyeglasses magnify words so he can read them.他借助眼睛把字放大以便能够阅读。

amplifyv.扩大，增加，尤其指通过增强电压或电流使声音扩大；补充叙述(故事、事件等)。

We must ask you to amplify your statement.我们得请你对你的说法作进一步的说明。

enlarge, extend, stretch, prolong, inflate, expand, increase, multiply, lengthen, add, augment, amplify

enlarge放大（照片）

extend 使…（在空间或时间上）更大，更长；伸长，伸展，延展；舒展（肢体），extend sth

stretch vt 拉长，撑大；绵延，延续

prolong人为的延长时间

inflate 使（轮胎、气球等）充气，膨胀，inflate sth (with sth)

expand 使…变大，扩大，扩展，expand sth into sth

increase 增加，增大（数目、数量、体积等），increase sth from…to…

multiply成倍的增加

lengthen指自然的延长时间或空间

add 加，添加，add sth to sth

augment vt 增多，增大，augment sth

amplify特指音量，电流等的扩大

extend, stretch, prolong, lengthen

这组词都有“伸展，延长”的意思，其区别是：

extend指时间或空间的延长，也可指影响和使用范围等的扩大。

stretch指长度的延伸以及宽度的增加。

prolong通常指时间上延长得超过了一般或正常的限度。

lengthen指把长度或期限拉长或延长，其反义是shorten。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. Vast meadows stretch to the east.
   辽阔的草场向东伸展。
2. She stretched across the table for the butter.
   她探身去取放在餐桌对面的黄油。
3. The landscape seemed to stretch into infinity.
   风景似乎延伸到了无穷远处。
4. Feeling intense fellowship with all human beings, she wished to throw herself into their arms, thinking that they would stretch them out to receive her.
   她对所有的人怀着亲如手足的感情，她希望投身于他们的怀抱，以为他们会张开双臂接纳她。
5. The strong boles stretch hundreds and thousands of tress towards the rising sun.The blossoms on the branches joggling with the breeze, like numerous colorful umbrellas spreaded.
   那粗壮的树干，盘枝错节，迎着朝日，伸出千百根枝条，枝头上，杜鹃花摇曳着迎风开放，像是张开一朵朵彩色的花伞。
6. Don not stretch the truth.
   别夸大事实.

用作名词(n.)

1. I got out of the bed and had a good stretch.
   我起床后舒服地伸了个懒腰。
2. With a stretch of his arm, he reached the shelf.
   他伸出手臂，够著了那个架子。
3. You need a material with plenty of stretch in it.
   你需要一种弹性很大的布料。
4. She worked for six hours at a stretch.
   她连续工作了六个小时。

权威例句

Strategy as stretch and leverage.
Optimized scale-and-stretch for image resizing
Mechanotransduction in stretch-induced hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes.
Stretch-activated single ion channel currents in tissue-cultured embryonic chick skeletal muscle.
Single stretch-activated ion channels in vascular endothelial cells as mechanotransducers?
Block of stretch-activated ion channels in Xenopus oocytes by gadolinium and calcium ions.
Stretch-induced injury of cultured neuronal, glial, and endothelial cells. Effect of polyethylene glycol-conjugated superoxide dismu...
Autocrine release of angiotensin II mediates stretch-induced hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes in vitro
A three-dimensional constitutive model for the large stretch behavior of rubber elastic materials
Stretch-mediated release of angiotensin II induces myocyte apoptosis by activating p53 that enhances the local renin-angiotensin sys...