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stretch sth
表示伸展身体部位。
He stretched his arms above his head.
他把手臂伸过头顶。
拉长；变长
stretched — past of stretch
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
拉长；变长
to lengthen by pulling, or to become longer when pulled
He stretched his arms above his head.
他把手臂伸过头顶。
通过拉拽使变长
To lengthen by pulling.
被拉时变长
To lengthen when pulled.
拉紧
To pull tight.
伸展四肢或身体部位以改善肌肉弹性
To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.
stretch
Base
原形
stretches
3rd person
第三人称单数
stretching
-ing
现在分词
stretched
Past
过去式
stretched
Past participle
过去分词
She stretches every morning.
她每天早上做拉伸。
He stretched the rubber band until it broke.
他把橡皮筋拉长直到断开。
They are stretching the canvas.
他们在拉伸画布。
规则变化动词，加-ed构成过去式和过去分词。
After sitting at my desk all morning, I stood up and stretched my arms above my head.
在办公桌前坐了一上午后，我站起来，把双臂举过头顶伸展了一下。
You should stretch before you run to avoid injuring your muscles.
跑步前你应该先做拉伸，以免肌肉受伤。
She stretched her legs and yawned as she stepped off the train.
她走下火车时伸了伸腿，打了个哈欠。
表示伸展身体部位。
He stretched his arms above his head.
他把手臂伸过头顶。
表示时间或空间的延伸。
The project stretched over several months.
这个项目持续了好几个月。
强调伸展全身。
She stretched herself before the race.
她在赛前做了伸展运动。
常与on/over连用，表示平躺伸展。
He stretched out on the bed.
他伸展身体躺在床上。
Not this
I need to stretch my visa.
Use this
I need to extend my visa.
动词 "stretch" 不能表示延长有效期（如签证或合同），正确用词是 "extend"。
Not this
Can you stretch the book on the top shelf?
Use this
Can you reach the book on the top shelf?
表示伸手够到某物时，应用 "reach" 而非 "stretch"，"stretch" 侧重拉伸身体或物体。
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伸展腿脚，活动筋骨
After sitting for hours, I got up to stretch my legs.
坐了几个小时后，我站起来活动了一下腿脚。
伸展身体；竭尽全力
She stretched herself on the yoga mat.
她在瑜伽垫上伸展身体。
破例，通融
The teacher stretched a point and let him hand in the homework late.
老师破例让他迟交作业。
夸大事实
He tends to stretch the truth when telling stories.
他讲故事时喜欢夸大事实。
伸出；延长；躺下伸直身体
He stretched out his hand to help her.
他伸出手去帮她。
伸展手臂
I like to stretch my arms when I wake up.
我醒来时喜欢伸展手臂。
夸大事实
He tends to stretch the truth when telling stories about his travels.
他讲旅行故事时往往夸大事实。
伸展双腿（尤指久坐后走动）
Let's stop for a while so everyone can stretch their legs.
我们停一会儿，让大家可以伸展一下双腿。
通融；破例
I think we can stretch a point and let him join the team even though he's a little young.
我认为我们可以通融一下，让他加入团队，尽管他有点年轻。
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想象拉长橡皮筋，单词中'tch'像手指扯开的痕迹。
动词“stretch”在不同义项下的语体有别：表示“伸展身体或四肢”时多为中性，常用于日常生活；表示“拉长”或“使变长”时也较中性；而表示“掺假”或“歪曲”时则较非正式或略带贬义，多见于口语或批评语境。
动词可及物或不及物，如'stretch your arms'和'The road stretches for miles'。
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