v.伸展；延伸；張開；夸大

n.伸展；張開；彈性；一段時(shí)間；刑期

adj.可伸縮的

Vast meadows stretch to the east. 遼闊的草場向東伸展。

She stretched across the table for the butter. 她探身去取放在餐桌對面的黃油。

The landscape seemed to stretch into infinity. 風(fēng)景似乎延伸到了無窮遠(yuǎn)處。

Feeling intense fellowship with all human beings, she wished to throw herself into their arms, thinking that they would stretch them out to receive her. 她對所有的人懷著親如手足的感情，她希望投身于他們的懷抱，以為他們會(huì)張開雙臂接納她。

The strong boles stretch hundreds and thousands of tress towards the rising sun.The blossoms on the branches joggling with the breeze, like numerous colorful umbrellas spreaded. 那粗壯的樹干，盤枝錯(cuò)節(jié)，迎著朝日，伸出千百根枝條，枝頭上，杜鵑花搖曳著迎風(fēng)開放，像是張開一朵朵彩色的花傘。

Don not stretch the truth. 別夸大事實(shí).

I got out of the bed and had a good stretch. 我起床后舒服地伸了個(gè)懶腰。

With a stretch of his arm, he reached the shelf. 他伸出手臂，夠著了那個(gè)架子。

You need a material with plenty of stretch in it. 你需要一種彈性很大的布料。

She worked for six hours at a stretch. 她連續(xù)工作了六個(gè)小時(shí)。

stretch的基本意思是“伸展”,指事物長度、寬度中的一端向外伸長或兩端一起伸長。引申可表示“繃緊”“伸出”“展開”“盡量發(fā)揮”“延伸”“延續(xù)”等。

stretch既可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),接名詞、代詞作賓語。用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),可表示“有伸縮性”。