伸缩

1. stretch out and draw back; expand and contract; lengthen and shorten

♦ 这架照像机的镜头可以前后~。 The lens of this camera can be pulled back and forth.

2. flexible; elastic; adjustable

♦ 这些规定~性很大。 These regulations are quite elastic (or flexible).

♦ 没有~余地 leave one no latitude

~缝 [建]expansion joint~三角架 extension tripod