stretch verb ⇨expand1 (This sweater has stretched.)⇨lead3 (The road stretches into the distance.)stretch
noun
stretch ♦︎ expanse ♦︎ tract ♦︎ fieldThese are all words for a large open area of land or water.這些詞均表示陸地或水域的一片、一段。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a stretch / an expanse / a tract / a field of sth◆a great / large / huge / vast stretch / expanse / tract / field◆a wide / broad / continuous / open / empty / deserted / barren stretch / expanse■stretch [countable] an area of land or water(陸地或水域的)一片,一泓,一段◆This is a largely unspoilt stretch of coastline.這是一段基本上未破壞原貌的海岸線。◆The car overturned on a particularly dangerous stretch of road.那輛汽車在一段特别危險的路上翻了。◆A narrow stretch of water separates the island from the mainland.一片狹窄的水域把這個島跟大陸分開了。◆You rarely see boats on this stretch of the river.這個河段幾乎看不到船只。ⓘ Stretch is the most general of these words: a stretch may be long or short, wide or narrow, but it usually has a particular character (unspoilt, dangerous, long, narrow) or you use stretch to refer to a particular part of a place (this/that stretch of the river). * stretch在本組詞中含義最廣,它所表示的路段或水域可長可短,可寬可窄,但通常都具有某種特點,如unspoilt、dangerous、long、narrow(未遭破壞的/危險的/長的/窄的),或者用stretch來表示一個地方的某個部分,如this/that stretch of the river(這/那一河段)。 see also stretch ⇨ leadverb3■expanse ɪkˈspæns [countable] a wide and open area of sth, especially land or water(尤指陸地或水域的)一大片,廣闊的一片◆He gazed out over the huge expanses of open prairie.他凝視着外面那片遼闊的大草原。◆Above them was a vast expanse of blue sky.他們的頭頂上是廣闊無垠的藍天。■tract [countable] an area of land, especially a large one大片土地;地帶◆We flew over vast tracts of forest.我們飛過大片大片的森林。◆Whole tracts of the countryside have been turned into industrial wasteland.成片成片的鄉間土地都變成了工業廢地。■field [countable] (usually in compounds通常用於構成複合詞) an area of land covered with a particular thing; an area from which a particular thing is obtained(覆蓋着⋯的或有⋯的)土地,地方◆The territory is covered with snow, bare rock and ice fields.那個地方被白雪、裸岩和冰原所覆蓋。◆Prisoners were sent to work in the gas fields in the north.囚犯們被遣送到北方的天然氣田去幹活。