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stretchstretFn [C usually sing]A stretch is a continuous period of time.一段时间The longest unbroken stretch of sub-zero temperatures in London was 14 days in February 1947.伦敦气温持续处于零下最长的时间是1947年2月中的14天。Babies can sleep for 20 hours a day, while the elderly may need far less rest and tend to sleep in several short stretches.婴儿每天能睡20小时，而老人需要休息的时间则少得多，他们多半是分几小段时间睡觉。If you do something at a stretch, you do it continuously or without any interruptions.不停的，连续的There's no way I could work for ten hours at a stretch.要我连续工作10小时是不可能的。A lion can lie in the same spot without moving for 12 hours at a stretch.狮子能在同一地点一动不动地连续躺上12小时。A stretch is also a period of time that a criminal spends in prison.徒刑，服刑期Her brother's doing a ten-year stretch behind bars for an armed robbery.她哥哥因持械抢劫而正在服为期10年的徒刑。
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