stretching

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act by which something is stretched. countable,uncountable
    — [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.
  2. A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of stretch form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Requiring a high level of effort or performance.

词形变化

stretchings plural more stretching comparative most stretching superlative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English strecching, strecchinge, equivalent to stretch + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English strecchinge, strecchynge, from Old English streċċende, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjandī, present participle of *strakkjan (“to stretch”), equivalent to stretch + -ing.
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