stretch

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第1265页（1178字）

【释义】：

vt．①拉，张，绷：stretch a rope tight把绳拉紧．stretch a pair of gloves抻抻手套．This string must be stretched tight．这根琴弦要调紧．②伸，伸出，展开，铺开：stretch one′s neck伸长脖子．stretch the wings展开双翼．stretch a carpet铺开地毯．stretch an umbrella撑开伞．stretch out one′s arm for a book伸出手拿书．stretch one′s legs伸腿，散步．stretch oneself out(on)伸直躺着：They stretched themselves out on the lawn．他们躺在草地上．③紧张，倾注全力：stretch one′s powers辛勤地工作．be fully stretched尽力，倾全力．④不正当地引伸(字义、法律等)，滥用，曲解：stretch the law滥用法律．stretch truth言过其实．

－vi．①伸，伸长，扩展：Rubber stretch es easily．橡皮易拉长．He lay stretched on the sands．他直挺挺躺在沙地上．The memory stretch es down to this period．记忆追溯到这个时期．②延伸，绵亘：forests stretching for hundreds of miles绵亘数百哩的森林．The road stretched away．这条路延伸很远．

－n．①伸展，张开：the stretch of seams of coal煤层的延伸(方向)．with a stretch 伸伸腰．The cat woke and gave a stretch．猫醒了，伸了伸腰．②滥用，乱用：a stretch of the imagination想入非非．③全力，紧张：with every faculty on the stretch 用尽全力．at full stretch 尽力而为，用尽全力：The workers are at full stretch．工人们全力工作．④连续的一段时间；一片：a stretch of grass land一片草地．a long stretch of country road长长的乡间道路．at a stretch 一气，不休息地：work ten hours at a stretch 一气工作十小时．⑤跑道的直线部分．