stretched.
捉襟见肘,捉襟见肘的,伸展的,绵延的
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v.verb · 有主动词
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- ›to draw out or extend to the full length or extent: to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- ›to hold out, reach forth, or extend.
- ›to extend, spread, or place so as to reach from one point or place to another: to stretch a rope across a road.
- ›to draw tight or taut: to stretch the strings of a violin.
- ›to lengthen, widen, distend, or enlarge by tension: to stretch a rubber band.
- ›to draw out, extend, or enlarge unduly: The jacket was stretched at the elbows.
- ›to extend, force, or make serve beyond the normal or proper limits; strain: to stretch the imagination; to stretch the facts; to stretch food to feed extra guests; to stretch money to keep within a budget.
- ›to extend or strain to the utmost, as by intense exertion; tax.
- ›to increase the quantity of by dilution or admixing: They caught the bartender stretching the gin with water.
- ›Radio and Television. to prolong or slow down in order not to end too early: to stretch a show; to stretch the action two minutes.
v.verb · 无主动词
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Phrases
- stretch a point
- stretch one's legs
- at a stretch
- by any stretch
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
They prefer to stretch out pitchers when they can but could also see Fuentes in a future bullpen.
The final stretch to the summit might be a bit easier these days, says Athans, while the bottom half of the mountain could become trickier to navigate.
Nobody looks sexy in a helmet, and stretch pants are long gone, but at least there’s trash-talking.
The colugo spun around, stretched her legs and tail, and glided like a magic carpet across the road to another tree trunk.
The 33-year-old point guard struggled in his first season with the Jazz, missing a long stretch due to a hamstring injury and seeing his scoring and shooting efficiency tumble.
In other words, the Air Force is saying that its drone force has been stretched to its limits.
A spandex mask stretched over his face, covering his eyes and nose.
Circus parades often became as large a sight as the performance itself; one Barnum and Bailey parade stretched for three miles.
The “stretched” cabins in new 737s and A320s transform their economics.
The kid wore a white T-shirt with the collar stretched loosely around the top of his smooth chest.
Wasn't the dead man in the shadow convincing proof of their capacity for pure devilishness?