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stretched
拉伸的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Stretch
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Stretched
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Stretching
.]
1.
To
reach
out
;
to
extend
;
to
put
forth
.
And
stretch
forth
his
neck
long
and
small
.
--
Chaucer
.
I
in
conquest
stretched
mine
arm
.
--
Shak
.
2.
To
draw
out
to
the
full
length
;
to
cause
to
extend
in
a
straight
line
;
as
,
to
stretch
a
cord
or
rope
.
3.
To
cause
to
extend
in
breadth
;
to
spread
;
to
expand
;
as
,
to
stretch
cloth
;
to
stretch
the
wings
.
4.
To
make
tense
;
to
tighten
;
to
distend
forcibly
.
The
ox
hath
therefore
stretched
his
yoke
in
vain
.
--
Shak
.
5.
To
draw
or
pull
out
to
greater
length
;
to
strain
;
as
,
to
stretch
a
tendon
or
muscle
.
Awake
,
my
soul
,
stretch
every
nerve
.
--
Doddridge
.
6.
To
exaggerate
;
to
extend
too
far
;
as
,
to
stretch
the
truth
;
to
stretch
one's
credit
.
They
take
up
,
one
day
,
the
most
violent
and
stretched
prerogative
.
--
Burke
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
stretched
adj
1: (
of
muscles
)
relieved
of
stiffness
by
stretching
;
"
well-stretched
muscles
are
less
susceptible
to
injury
"
2: (
of
the
body
)
extended
to
full
length
; "
he
lay
stretched
out
on
the
bed
"; "
stretched
her
calves
before
running
" [
syn
:
stretched
out
]
3:
extended
or
spread
over
a
wide
area
or
distance
; "
broad
fields
lay
stretched
on
both
sides
of
us
"
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