stretched

基本解释

With silkscreen printing, a stencil is attached to a fine piece of stretched silk or nylon cloth.
Suppose I had a rope, that stretched from that into the room, all the way across-- to this end of the room.
假设我有一根绳子，从屋子的这一端，一直伸展到-,屋子的这一端。
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I think of nineteenth-century art as being horizontal and stretched out like agricultural life in New England.
我觉得19世纪的艺术应该是,水平的，就像新英格兰伸展开来的农业。
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Our first dinner, meant to last an hour or two, easily stretched to five.
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Something that stretches over an area or distance covers or exists in the whole of that area or distance.
A stretch of road, water, or land is a length or area of it.
When you stretch, you put your arms or legs out straight and tighten your muscles.
Stretch is also a noun.
A stretch of time is a period of time.
If something stretches from one time to another, it begins at the first time and ends at the second, which is longer than expected.
If a group of things stretch from one type of thing to another, the group includes a wide range of things.
When something soft or elastic stretches or is stretched, it becomes longer or bigger as well as thinner, usually because it is pulled.
If you stretch an amount of something or if it stretches, you make it last longer than it usually would by being careful and not wasting any of it.
If something stretches your money or resources, it uses them up so you have hardly enough for your needs.
If you say that a job or task stretches you, you mean that you like it because it makes you work hard and use all your energy and skills so that you do not become bored or achieve less than you should.
If you say that something is not true or possible by any stretch of the imagination, you are emphasizing that it is completely untrue or absolutely impossible.