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🔑stretchstretch1 /strɛtʃ / verb - [intransitive, transitive] to pull something so that it becomes longer or wider; to become longer or wider in this way拉长；拽宽；撑开◆The artist stretched the canvas tightly over the frame.画家将画布紧紧地绷在画架上。◆My T-shirt stretched out of shape when I washed it.我的 T 恤衫洗过之后变形了。
- [intransitive, transitive] to push out your arms, legs, etc. as far as possible伸展，舒展（胳膊、腿等）◆He got out of bed and stretched before going into the bathroom.他起了床，伸了个懒腰，然后去了卫生间。◆She stretched out her arm to take the book.她伸手去拿书。
- [intransitive](used about a piece of land or water, etc.) to cover a large area（陆地或水域等）延伸，绵延◆The long white beaches stretch for miles along the coast.长长的白色沙滩沿着海岸绵延数英里。
- [intransitive, transitive] to last or make something last a long time延续；（使）可以用更久◆The heat wave stretched into early September.热浪延续到了九月初。◆We'll have to think of a way to stretch our food budget.我们得想办法让预算用来买食物的钱更经花。
 ●stretch your legsto go for a walk after sitting down for a long time（久坐后）散散步，活动腿脚  ●stretch outto relax by lying down with all your body flat平躺（放松）◆to stretch out in front of the fire平躺在炉火前放松
stretchstretch2 /strɛtʃ / noun - [countable] stretch (of sth) an area of land or water（陆地或水域的）一片，一段◆a beautiful stretch of coastline一段美丽的海岸线
- [countable, usually singular] the act of stretching伸展；舒展
●at a stretchwithout stopping不断地；一口气◆six hours at a stretch连续六个小时●not by any stretch of the imaginationused to say strongly that something is not true, even if you try to imagine or believe it无论怎么想也不◆She could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be called beautiful.不管怎么说，她也称不上漂亮。●the home stretchthe last part of a long and often difficult activity, process, competition, etc.（长期且往往艰难的活动、过程、比赛等的）最后阶段，冲刺阶段◆Both candidates are making a large number of speeches in the home stretch of the campaign.在选举的最后阶段，两位候选人都在发表大量演说。 |