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| 1 | C a movement or exercise in which you make a part of your body as straight as possible so that your muscles become long and tight （肢体）伸展；伸懒腰 |
| First, let’ s do some warm-up stretches. 首先，让我们做一些伸展动作来热身。 |
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| 2 | U the ability of a material or piece of clothing to become wider or longer when you pull it , and return to its original shape and size when you stop pulling it （布料的）弹性，伸展性 |
| a fabric that will keep its stretch indefinitely 会一直保持其弹性的纺织品 |
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| 3 | C a continuous period of time 持续的一段时间 |
| +of You can’ t learn it all in such a short stretch of time. 你不可能在这么短的一段时间内把它全部学会。 |
| at a stretch (=continuously) He’ ll surf the Internet for anything up to six hours at a stretch. 连续地 |
| | 3a | a period of time spent in prison 服刑期 | | do a stretch (for sth) He’ s doing a 15-year stretch in Pentonville for armed robbery. 他因持枪抢劫正在彭顿维尔监狱服15年的刑期。 | |
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| 4 | C +of an area of land or water （地域或水域的）一段，一片 |
| The village lay across a narrow stretch of water. 这个村庄横跨一片狭窄的水域。 |
| a deserted stretch of road 一段废弃的路 |
| | 4a | the straight last part of the track in a race （跑道的）终点直道 | | the final/finishing/home stretch The horses entered the final stretch shoulder to shoulder. 这些马并排进入了终点直道。 | |
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| - | at full stretch BRITISH
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| 1 | used for describing a position in which your body or a part of your body is stretching as much as it can 尽量伸展肢体；尽量伸长手臂 | a swerving shot that had the England goalkeeper at full stretch 一个使英格兰队守门员奋力扑救的旋转球射门 | |
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| 2 | using all the money , supplies, or energy available 全力以赴地；竭尽所能地 | Mountain rescue services are at full stretch. 各高山救援服务队都全力以赴。 | |
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| - | not by any/by no stretch of the imagination
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| used for saying that you think something cannot be true or possible no matter how hard you try to imagine it |
| 无论怎么想象也不，即使异想天开也不（用于表示认为某事不可能） |
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| It’ s not a great work of cinema by any stretch of the imagination. 无论怎么异想天开这也不是一部伟大的电影作品。 |
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