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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1930 COCA: 1915
stretch
verb /stretʃ/
present tense
I/you/we/theystretch
he/she/itstretches
present participlestretching
past tensestretched
past participlestretched
  1. 1
    [T] to pull something to make it longer or wider 拉长;抻长;拉宽

    I'll have to get these shoes stretched. 我得把这些鞋子撑大。

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    To change the length of something: lengthen, stretch, shorten...
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    1. a.
      [I] to become longer or wider by pulling 变长;变宽

      Her new knitted dress had stretched. 她那崭新的针织衫已经撑大了。

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      To change the length of something: lengthen, stretch, shorten...
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    2. b.
      [I] if a material such as cloth stretches, it becomes wider or longer when you pull it, and returns to its original shape and size when you stop pulling it (布料)可伸缩,有弹性

      When you're pregnant it helps to wear fabrics that stretch as you grow. 你怀孕时最好穿能随身材变化而抻大的衣料做成的衣服。

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      What clothing and cloth can do: bag, breathe, bunch...
  2. 2
    [T] to pull something so that it becomes smooth, straight, and tight 张开;铺开

    a folding chair made of white canvas stretched on a metal frame 用白色帆布绷在金属支架上做的折叠椅

    The little birds are caught in nets stretched between the trees. 这些小鸟落入了树木间张开的网里。

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    To loosen or tighten: loosen, unwind, slacken...
  3. 3
    [I/T] to make your arms, legs, or body as straight as possible so that your muscles become long and tight 伸展肢体;伸懒腰

    I leaned back in the chair and stretched. 我向后靠在椅子上伸了伸懒腰。

    This exercise strengthens the lower back and stretches the hamstrings. 这项运动使后腰部更结实,并舒展了旁腱。

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    1. a.

      stretch

      or

      stretch out

      [T] to move an arm or a leg away from your body in order to reach something 伸出;伸开

      He stretched his hand towards her. 他向她伸出了手。

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    [I] to continue for a particular distance (空间上)延伸,跨过,越过
    stretch into/from/to/for/across :

    The empire stretched all the way from Scotland to the Pyrenees. 这个帝国从苏格兰一直延伸到比利牛斯山脉。

    The beach stretches for miles in each direction. 沙滩朝各个方向延伸了数英里。

    Old grey houses stretched into the distance. 灰色的老房子连绵到了远处。

    stretch as far as the eye can see :

    The traffic stretched as far as the eye could see. 车流长得看不到尽头。

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    1. a.
      to continue for a particular period of time (时间上)延续
      stretch to/into/over/beyond/back :

      Paul's initial two months' work experience ultimately stretched to five. 保罗原定的两个月的实习期最后延长到了5个月。

      Negotiations had now stretched into a twelfth day. 谈判现已延续到了第12天。

      They had an unbeaten record stretching back to 1995. 他们拥有一项自1995年延续至今仍未有人超越的纪录。

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  5. 5
    [I] [usually in negatives] to have enough money to pay for something 支付
    stretch to :

    I don't really think my salary will stretch to a designer suit. 我真的觉得我的工资不够买一套名牌西服。

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    To have just enough money: afford, eke out, subsist...
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    [T] to use all the money, supplies, or time available 耗尽(财力、日用品或时间);调用一切资源

    At best, police resources are stretched. 充其量也就是调动所有警力资源。

    stretch something to the limit :

    Medical services were stretched to the limit. 医疗服务资源已利用到了最大限度。

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    [T] to make someone use all their intelligence or ability, especially in a way that is interesting or enjoyable 使施展本领;使竭尽全力

    I don't think his job really stretches him sufficiently. 我觉得他的工作没有使他真正充分地施展出自己的本领。

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    To make someone work hard: work, drive, push...
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    [T] to no longer be reasonable 使超出正常限度;不再合理
    stretch (someone's) credulity/patience etc :

    Foreman's book has a plot that stretches credulity to the utmost. 福尔曼的书中有一个情节几乎令人难以置信。

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    [T] to allow something that is usually not allowed because of a special situation (由于特殊情形)放宽对…的限制,放松

    We might be prepared to stretch the rules a little in this instance. 我们可能要准备在这件事情上稍微放宽规定。

    stretch a point (=allow something that is not usually allowed) 破例 :

    Couldn't you stretch a point for a friend? 你难道不能为一个朋友破个例?

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phrasal verbs

stretch
noun /stretʃ/
singularstretch
pluralstretches
  1. 1
    [C] a movement or exercise in which you make a part of your body as straight as possible so that your muscles become long and tight (肢体)伸展;伸懒腰

    First, let's do some warm-up stretches. 首先,让我们做一些伸展动作来热身。

     Synonyms and related words
    Physical exercise and exercises: aerobic, aerobics, aquarobics...
  2. 2
    [U] the ability of a material or piece of clothing to become wider or longer when you pull it, and return to its original shape and size when you stop pulling it (布料的)弹性,伸展性

    a fabric that will keep its stretch indefinitely 会一直保持其弹性的纺织品

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    The ability to be bent, stretched or pressed: flexibility, give, resilience...
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    [C] a continuous period of time 持续的一段时间
    stretch of :

    You can't learn it all in such a short stretch of time. 你不可能在这么短的一段时间内把它全部学会。

    at a stretch (=continuously) 连续地 :

    He'll surf the Internet for anything up to six hours at a stretch. 他会连着 6 个小时在网上冲浪,什么都浏览。

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    1. a.
      [usually singular] informal a period of time spent in prison 服刑期
      do a stretch (for something) :

      He's doing a 15-year stretch in Pentonville for armed robbery. 他因持枪抢劫正在彭顿维尔监狱服15年的刑期。

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      Spending time in prison: behind bars, captive, captivity...
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    [C] an area of land or water (地域或水域的)一段,一片
    stretch of :

    The village lay across a narrow stretch of water. 这个村庄横跨一片狭窄的水域。

    a deserted stretch of road 一段废弃的路

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      [usually singular] the straight last part of the track in a race (跑道的)终点直道
      the final/finishing/home stretch :

      The horses entered the final stretch shoulder to shoulder. 这些马并排进入了终点直道。

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  5. From our crowdsourced Open Dictionary
    5
    an exaggeration

    It would be a stretch to call this restaurant the best in the city.

    Submitted by Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 05/11/2014
stretch
adjective /stretʃ/
  1. stretch cloth or clothing becomes wider or longer when you pull it and returns to its original shape and size when you stop pulling it 有弹性的;可拉伸的

    stretch fabric/lace/velvet 弹性纺织品/弹性丝带/弹性丝绒

    stretch jeans 弹力牛仔裤

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1930 COCA: 1915
stretch

noun¹

1area of land or water陸地;水域ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEgreat, huge, large, long, open, vast, wide很大的一片;一大片;開闊的一片;遼闊的一片A great stretch of ocean lay beneath them.他們下方是一大片遼闊的海洋。15-mile, half-mile, etc. * 15 英里、半英里等的一片narrow, short, small狹窄的一片;短短的一片;一小片straight筆直的一段a straight stretch of road一段筆直的路continuous, unbroken連綿的/連續的一片beautiful, lovely美麗的/可愛的一片deserted, empty, lonely荒蕪的/空曠的/冷清的一片an empty stretch of beach一片空曠的海灘fast易於快行的一段dangerous, hazardous危險的/險象環生的一段coastal一段海岸a wild uninhabited coastal stretch一段荒無人跡的海岸final最後一段She felt a renewed burst of energy for the final stretch.在最後一段,她感到能量重新爆發了出來。PREPOSITIONalong a/the stretch沿着一段⋯There are tailbacks along a ten-mile stretch of the road.公路上,車子排起了 10 英里的長龍。on a/the stretch在一片⋯上The festival is being held on a stretch of parkland near the river.慶祝活動在河邊一片公共綠地上舉行。stretch of一片⋯PHRASESthe home stretch (especially NAmE) (賽跑等的)最後一程;衝刺階段The presidential race has now entered the home stretch. (figurative) 總統競選現已進入衝刺階段。
stretch

noun²

2period of time一段時間ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVElong長時間short短時間final最後階段The students have now entered the final stretch of their course.學生現已進入課程的最後階段。three-year, two-week, etc. * 3 年、兩週等的時間rough, tough (both NAmE) 困難/艱苦時期He went through a tough stretch last year but things are better now.去年他經歷了一段艱難時期,現在情況好多了。PREPOSITIONstretch of一段⋯時期She had been unhappy for long stretches of her life.她一生中很多時間生活得並不快樂。PHRASESat a stretch一口氣He worked for three days and nights at a stretch.他連續工作了三天三夜。
stretch

noun³

3stretching伸展ADJECTIVE | VERB + STRETCH | PHRASES ADJECTIVEgood充分伸展gentle輕柔的伸展VERB + STRETCHdo伸展First let's warm up by doing some stretches.咱們先做一些伸展運動熱熱身。have伸展Have a good stretch from time to time to prevent yourself getting stiff.不時充分伸展一下筋骨,以防身體變僵。hold保持伸展姿勢Hold the stretch for a count of ten.保持伸展姿勢,一直數到 10。PHRASESat full stretch完全伸展Her arms were at full stretch.她雙臂完全伸開。
stretch

verb¹

1pull sth tight拉緊ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBtaut, tautly, tight, tightly拉緊;繃緊Make sure that the rope is stretched tight.一定要確保繩子拉緊。Stretch the fabric tightly over the frame.把布緊繃在架子上。PREPOSITIONacross, between, over跨過⋯拉緊;在⋯之間拉緊;在⋯上方拉緊Striped awnings had been stretched across the courtyard.條紋雨篷被撑開架在院子上方。
stretch

verb²

2your body/part of the body身體;身體部位ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBgently輕輕地伸展lazily, luxuriously慵懶地/舒服地伸展He stirred and stretched lazily.他移動了一下,伸了個懶腰。full-length完全地伸展Andrea turned out the light and stretched full-length on the bed.安德烈亞關了燈,舒展全身躺到了牀上。down, forward, out, up, upwards/upward向下/向前/向外/向上/朝上伸展She stretched up to reach the top shelf.她伸手向上去夠頂層架子。PREPOSITIONon在⋯上伸展He stretched out on the couch and watched TV.他四肢伸開躺在沙發上看電視。PHRASESstretch and yawn, yawn and stretch四肢伸開打哈欠She sat up, yawning and stretching.她坐起身來,打着哈欠伸懶腰。
stretch

verb³

3cover a large area大面積覆蓋ADVERB | VERB + STRETCH | PREPOSITION ADVERBfar延伸得很遠The wood does not stretch very far.這片樹林不算太大。endlessly, forever無限/一直延伸The fields stretched forever into the distance.田地一直延伸到遠方。ahead, away向前/向遠方延伸The road stretched ahead.路向前方延伸。VERB + STRETCHseem to好像在延伸The beach seemed to stretch endlessly.海灘好像長得沒有盡頭。PREPOSITIONalong沿着⋯延伸beyond延伸過⋯from, to從⋯延伸;延伸到⋯an area which stretches from London to the north倫敦以北地區for綿延長達⋯The beach stretches for five miles.海灘綿延 5 英里。into延伸進⋯A line of cars stretched into the distance.車子的長龍一直排到很遠。
stretch

verb⁴

4continue over a period of time時間延續ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBendlessly無盡地延續The future stretched out endlessly in front of me.未來我前面的路還有很長很長。back, out追溯;持續The town's history stretches back to before 1700.該鎮的歷史可以追溯到 1700 年以前。PREPOSITIONbefore在⋯面前延續Endless summer days stretched out before us.無盡的夏日在等待着我們。into延續到⋯The talks look set to stretch into a second week.看來會談肯定要延續到第二週了。
stretch

verb⁵

5your ability/intelligence能力;智慧ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBreally竭盡所能severely竭盡全力The increase in demand has severely stretched our resources.需求的增加極大地消耗了我們的資源。fully全力以赴We can't take on any more work-we're fully stretched as it is.我們不能再接別的工作了,我們已經是在拚命了。thin, thinly消耗過度Don't stretch yourself too thin financially.不要在財務方面搞得力不從心。Our forces are too thinly stretched to control the chaos.我們的部隊人員不足,已無力控制混亂狀況了。financially (especially BrE) 財務上消耗過度Both parties have financially stretched themselves by taking on substantial mortgages.雙方均有巨額抵押貸款,財務方面都有些力不從心。PREPOSITIONto消耗到⋯This department is stretched to its limit.這個部門已達到運轉極限。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1930 COCA: 1915
stretch verb
expand1 (This sweater has stretched.) lead3 (The road stretches into the distance.)
stretch

noun

stretch ♦︎ expanse ♦︎ tract ♦︎ fieldThese are all words for a large open area of land or water. 这些词均表示陆地或水域的一片、一段。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配a stretch / an expanse / a tract / a field of stha great / large / huge / vast stretch / expanse / tract / fielda wide / broad / continuous / open / empty / deserted / barren stretch / expanse stretch [countable] an area of land or water (陆地或水域的)一片,一泓,一段This is a largely unspoilt stretch of coastline.这是一段基本上未破坏原貌的海岸线。The car overturned on a particularly dangerous stretch of road.那辆汽车在一段特别危险的路上翻了。A narrow stretch of water separates the island from the mainland.一片狭窄的水域把这个岛跟大陆分开了。You rarely see boats on this stretch of the river.这个河段几乎看不到船只。Stretch is the most general of these words: a stretch may be long or short, wide or narrow, but it usually has a particular character ( unspoilt, dangerous, long, narrow) or you use stretch to refer to a particular part of a place ( this/that stretch of the river). * stretch在本组词中含义最广,它所表示的路段或水域可长可短,可宽可窄,但通常都具有某种特点,如unspoilt、dangerous、long、narrow(未遭破坏的/危险的/长的/窄的),或者用stretch来表示一个地方的某个部分,如this/that stretch of the river(这/那一河段)。 see also stretch lead verb 3 expanse ɪkˈspæns [countable] a wide and open area of sth, especially land or water (尤指陆地或水域的)一大片,广阔的一片He gazed out over the huge expanses of open prairie.他凝视着外面那片辽阔的大草原。Above them was a vast expanse of blue sky.他们的头顶上是广阔无垠的蓝天。 tract [countable] an area of land, especially a large one 大片土地;地带We flew over vast tracts of forest.我们飞过大片大片的森林。Whole tracts of the countryside have been turned into industrial wasteland.成片成片的乡间土地都变成了工业废地。 field [countable] (usually in compounds 通常用于构成复合词) an area of land covered with a particular thing; an area from which a particular thing is obtained (覆盖着⋯的或有⋯的)土地,地方The territory is covered with snow, bare rock and ice fields.那个地方被白雪、裸岩和冰原所覆盖。Prisoners were sent to work in the gas fields in the north.囚犯们被遣送到北方的天然气田去干活。

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