stretch

n

1. C (空间上的)延伸；连绵

• a stretch of beautiful countryside 一片郊外美景

• great stretches of white birch forest 大片大片的白桦林

2. C (时间上的)持续；一段时间

• a stretch of two weeks without sunshine 连续两个星期没有阳光

• I still remember him after a stretch of more than one year. 一年多之后我仍然记得他。

3. C 伸肢体，舒展；伸长

• I got out of bed and had a stretch. 我起床伸了个懒腰。

• With a stretch of her arm, she reached the shelf. 她伸出手臂，够着了那个架子。

4. U 弹性；伸缩性

• This elastic has lost its stretch. 这条松紧带已经没有弹性了。

• This material has a lot of stretch in it. 这种材料很有弹性。

5. C，常用单 非正式 徒刑，服刑期

• The man is doing a stretch at the moment. 那个人目前正在服刑。

词组at a stretch 不停地，连续地 at full stretch 英 极其紧张地

• We had to work at full stretch to get the task finished in time. 为按时完成任务我们必须拼命干。

on(或upon) the stretch 紧张着

• nerves on the stretch 绷紧的神经