stretch

1. V-I Something that stretches over an area or distance covers or exists in the whole of that area or distance. 延伸[no cont]

The procession stretched for several miles. 遊行隊伍延伸了數英裡。

2. N-COUNT A stretch of road, water, or land is a length or area of it. 一段

It's a very dangerous stretch of road. 這是一段非常危險的路。

3. V-T/V-I When you stretch, you put your arms or legs out straight and tighten your muscles. 伸直

He yawned and stretched. 他打了個哈欠，伸了伸腰。

Try stretching your legs and pulling your toes upwards. 試著伸直雙腿竝曏上拉拉腳趾。

4. N-COUNT Stretch is also a noun. 伸展

At the end of a workout spend time cooling down with some slow stretches. 在健身的末尾花時間用一些緩慢的伸展來做緩和。

5. N-COUNT A stretch of time is a period of time. 一段 (時間)

...after an 18-month stretch in the army. …在部隊呆了18個月後。

6. V-I If something stretches from one time to another, it begins at the first time and ends at the second, which is longer than expected. 持續

...a working day that stretches from seven in the morning to eight at night. …從早上7點持續到晚上8點的一個工作日。

7. V-I If a group of things stretch from one type of thing to another, the group includes a wide range of things. 涉及

...a trading empire, with interests that stretched from chemicals to sugar. …一個興趣範圍從化學品到食糖的貿易帝國。

8. V-T/V-I When something soft or elastic stretches or is stretched, it becomes longer or bigger as well as thinner, usually because it is pulled. 有彈性

The cables are designed not to stretch. 這些纜繩被設計成沒有彈性。

9. V-T/V-I If you stretch an amount of something or if it stretches, you make it last longer than it usually would by being careful and not wasting any of it. 儉省

They're used to stretching their budgets. 他們習慣於精打細算。

10. V-T If something stretches your money or resources, it uses them up so you have hardly enough for your needs. 耗盡 (錢或資源)

The drought there is stretching resources. 那裡的乾旱正在耗盡財力物力。

11. V-T If you say that a job or task stretches you, you mean that you like it because it makes you work hard and use all your energy and skills so that you do not become bored or achieve less than you should. 使充分發揮[表贊許]

I'm trying to move on and stretch myself with something different. 我正試圖換個工作，使自己在不同的事情上得到充分發揮。

12. PHRASE If you say that something is not true or possible by any stretch of the imagination, you are emphasizing that it is completely untrue or absolutely impossible. 無論如何想像[強調]

Her husband was not a womanizer by any stretch of the imagination. 她的丈夫無論如何想像也不會是個玩弄女性的人。