stretched
捉襟见肘,捉襟见肘的,伸展的,绵延的
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Definitions
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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.
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 stretched in the shadow convincing proof of their capacity for pure devilishness?
Each tiny tree was a plume of leaves; the rows stretched out to the hilltop, and over.