stretch /stretʃ/ I. vt. & vi. (被)拉长，伸，延：stretch a rope tight 把绳拉紧 stretch oneself 伸直身子；伸懒腰：［考句］Having finished their morning work, the clerk stood up behind their desks, stretching themselves. 干完上午的活，职员们在桌子后面站起来，伸伸懒腰。This word would not stretch to cover that meaning. 这个词不能引申作那个解释。The forests stretch for hundreds of miles. 森林连绵数百里。 ‖II. n. ［c］ 1. 一段时间，一段路程：a beautiful stretch of wooded country 有树的风景优美的乡间；over a stretch of three months 三个月以来 at a stretch 不休息地；一口气地：You worked for six hours at a stretch. 你连续工作6小时了。 2.伸长，延伸：a stretch of open country 一片旷野；give a stretch 伸懒腰