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stretch out

/strech/US // strɛtʃ //UK // (strɛtʃ) //

延展,伸开,伸长,伸手

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to draw out or extend to the full length or extent: to stretch oneself out on the ground.
    • : to hold out, reach forth, or extend.
    • : to extend, spread, or place so as to reach from one point or place to another: to stretch a rope across a road.
    • : to draw tight or taut: to stretch the strings of a violin.
    • : to lengthen, widen, distend, or enlarge by tension: to stretch a rubber band.
    • : to draw out, extend, or enlarge unduly: The jacket was stretched at the elbows.
    • : to extend, force, or make serve beyond the normal or proper limits; strain: to stretch the imagination; to stretch the facts; to stretch food to feed extra guests; to stretch money to keep within a budget.
    • : to extend or strain to the utmost, as by intense exertion; tax.
    • : to increase the quantity of by dilution or admixing: They caught the bartender stretching the gin with water.
    • : Radio and Television. to prolong or slow down in order not to end too early: to stretch a show; to stretch the action two minutes.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to recline at full length: to stretch out on a couch.
    • : to extend the hand or to reach, as for something.
    • : to extend over a distance or area or in a particular direction: The forest stretches for miles.
    • : to extend in time: His memory stretches back to his early childhood.
    • : to stretch oneself by extending the limbs and lengthening the muscles to the utmost: to stretch and yawn.
    • : to become stretched, or admit of being stretched, to greater length, width, etc., as any elastic or ductile material.
    • : Radio and Television. to reduce the pace or slow down the action of a radio or television program.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of stretching.
    • : the state of being stretched.
    • : a continuous length, distance, tract, or expanse: a stretch of meadow.
    • : Horse Racing. the backstretch or homestretch of a racetrack.
    • : Baseball. a short windup, usually used to keep base runners from taking too long a lead, in which the pitcher starts the pitching motion with hands together at the waist, raises them to or above the head, brings them back to the waist, and, after a momentary pause, delivers the ball.
    • : an extent in time; duration: for a stretch of ten years.
    • : elasticity or capacity for extension.
    • : Slang. a term of imprisonment: He's doing a stretch in the pen.
    • : the act or fact of stretching or extending something beyond reasonable or proper limits: You wouldn't call her a genius by any stretch of the imagination. It's quite a stretch for me to believe his story.
    • : a nickname for a tall, lanky person.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : made of synthetic or composite yarn having a sufficiently low denier or having been subjected to any of several special mechanical treatments to permit increased elasticity: stretch girdle; stretch pants.
    • : modified or twisted so as to afford high elasticity.
    • : Also stretched. of or relating to a conveyance, as a limousine or airliner, whose seating area is expanded to carry more passengers or afford greater legroom and to allow space for other comforts and amenities.

Phrases

  • stretch a point
  • stretch one's legs
  • at a stretch
  • by any stretch

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
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as inextend
Antonyms

Examples

  • Graham is being far outspent by Harrison, who has raised a stunning $29 million and has about $10 million for the final stretch.

  • Now, the season starts around May and routinely extends to November—sometimes even stretching to December.

  • If it’s fairly straight, hamstring stretches are going to give you the best benefit.

  • Democratic leaders stand by that proposal to bring back the weekly $600 enhanced unemployment benefit—which stretched from late March to late July.

  • Some of the Nats’ stretch-run problems aren’t fixable, either.

  • The plan is to stretch it out as long as possible, then probably forget about it, and then suddenly remember it.

  • “You need to stretch kids slightly outside their comfort zones, but never have surprises,” she said.

  • They started with Not Fade Away and went from one song to another over a 14 minute stretch.

  • The farmers in the area told Ledu that what normally fed them for one year would barely stretch for the next few months.

  • In the final stretch of the campaign, Gotauco, the Healey volunteer, recorded a song she titled "Integrity in A-Minor."

  • I could see only the stretch of green before me, and I felt as if I must walk on forever, without coming to the end of it.

  • A long stretch of smooth ice followed, over which he glided with ever-increasing speed.

  • The hut was barely high enough to let him sit up, and long enough to let him lie down—not to stretch out.

  • He had perhaps placed in her hand the weapon that should hasten his own defeat, stretch him bleeding on the sand.

  • Twenty minutes jogging brought us into a stretch of rough country, a series of knobs and ridges cut by innumerable coulées.