stretch是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to cause something to reach, often as far as possible, in a particular direction -- 伸出；伸長；拉伸

  • I tripped on a piece of wire that someone had stretched across the path. 我被不知是誰拉在路上的一根電線絆倒了。

  • She stretched out her hand and helped him from his chair. 她伸手將他從椅子上扶起來。

  • "I'm so tired," she said, yawning and stretching. 「我太累了。」她打著呵欠伸了個懶腰說。

  • It's a good idea to stretch before you do vigorous exercise. 在進行劇烈運動前，應該先伸展一下身體。

• 1 to spread over a large area or distance -- 展開，鋪開；延伸

  • A huge cloud of dense smoke stretched across the horizon. 一大團濃煙在地平線上蔓延開來。

  • The Andes stretch for 7,250 km along the west coast of South America. 安第斯山脈沿南美洲西海岸綿延達7250公里。

  • Unsettled weather will stretch from the middle Mississippi Valley to the southern Middle Atlantic States. 自密西西比河流域中部至瀕大西洋中部諸州的南部天氣均不穩定。

  • The refugee camps stretch as far as the eye can see. 難民營綿延不絕，一望無際。

• 2 to go as far as or past the usual limit of something -- 到…的限度；超過…的限度；竭盡

  • Many families' budgets are already stretched to breaking point. 許多家庭的預算已經撐到了極限。

  • We can't work any harder, Paul. We're already fully stretched. 我們無法更賣力了，保羅。我們已經竭盡全力。

  • This movie really stretches the patience of the audience to the limit. 這部電影簡直就是在考驗觀眾的耐性。

  • Normally, people under 18 aren't allowed, but I guess we can stretch the rules for you as it's your birthday tomorrow. 我們通常不接受未滿18歲的人，但考慮到明天是你的生日，我想我們可以稍稍通融一下。

• 3 to (cause a material to) become longer or wider than usual as a result of pulling at the edges -- （使彈性物）拉長，伸長

  • an exercise to stretch the leg muscles 拉伸腿部肌肉的運動

  • That elastic band will snap if you stretch it too far. 那根橡皮筋拉得太長是會斷的。

  • This substance stretches to any shape you want. 這種物質可以拉伸成任何你想要的形狀。

  • to stretch fabrics 彈力織物

• 4 to spread over a long period of time -- 延續

  • The dispute stretches back over many years. 這場爭論可追溯到許多年以前。

  • Although we were supposed to finish this month, it looks like the work will stretch well into next year. 雖然我們應該在本月完工，但看來工作要拖到明年了。

  • I'd like to stretch my mortgage payments out over a longer period if possible. 如果可能的話，我想把抵押借款的期限延長一些。

• 5 If jobs or tasks stretch you, they make you learn new things that use your skill and experience more than before. -- （工作或任務）使施展本領，對…具有挑戰性

  • My present job doesn't stretch me, so I'm looking for something more demanding. 我目前的工作不能讓我盡展所長，所以我在尋找更有挑戰性的工作。

• 6 a continuous area of land or water -- （土地或水域的）一片，一段

  • This particular stretch of coast is especially popular with hikers. 在這一段海岸散步的人特別多。

  • Traffic is at a standstill along a five-mile stretch of the ring-road. 環城公路有五英里的路段交通陷入癱瘓。

  • Some very rare birds inhabit our stretch of the river. 一些非常珍稀的鳥類棲息在我們這個河段。

  • She looked certain to win as she entered the final stretch. 她進入最後一段跑道時似乎已經贏定了。

  • He fell as he galloped down the home stretch (= towards the finish). 他在衝向終點時跌倒。

• 7 an act of stretching -- 伸展，舒展

  • I always have a good stretch when I get up in the morning. 我早上起床總會好好地伸展一下筋骨。

  • This is a really good stretch for your hip flexors. 這對你的髖部屈肌是很好的舒展活動。

• 8 the fact that something has gone past its usual limits -- 超過限度；過分；離譜；破例

  • His idea may be a stretch, but it's not outside the realm of possibility. 他的主意可能有點誇大其詞，但並不是完全沒有可能。

• 9 the degree to which a material can be made longer or wider by pulling -- 彈性

  • This fabric doesn't have much stretch in it, does it? 這種織物沒甚麼彈性，是嗎？

• 10 a continuous period of time -- （連續的）一段時間

  • The elderly generally need far less rest than the young, and tend to sleep in several short stretches. 年長者一般需要的休息時間比年輕人要少得多，而且往往會分成幾個小段時間睡覺。

  • Her brother's doing a ten-year stretch for armed robbery. 她弟弟因持械搶劫正在服刑，刑期十年。

  • There's no way I could work for ten hours at a stretch. 要我連續工作十小時是不可能的。

• 11 a job, task , or role that is difficult for someone because it is very different from what they usually do -- （演員的）有難度的表演，拓寬戲路的表演

  • Playing a budding opera star was not much of a stretch for this classically trained singer. 飾演一位嶄露頭角的歌劇明星，對這個受過古典音樂訓練的歌手而言不是甚麼難事。