- 伸开，展开，伸展；舒展(常与 out 连用)：
She's stretched out in the sun.
她伸开四肢躺在太阳下。
- 伸出(手臂、头、身子等)：
He stretched two fingers to me.
他向我伸出两个手指。
Don't stretch your head out.
别把头伸到窗外。
- 拉开；使张开，展开，铺开：
to stretch a rope between two trees
在两棵树之间拉了一根绳子
to stretch a drawing on the ground
在地上把图纸展开
- 使延伸；使延续：
to stretch the road to the foot of the hill
把路一直修到山脚下
He decided to stretch his trip in Europe for another week.
他决定把他在欧洲的旅行再延长一个星期。
- 拉紧，绷紧；拉长；撑大，绷大：
to stretch the strings of a violin
绷紧小提琴的弦
to stretch a rubber band
拉长橡皮筋
to stretch one's chest with scarves
用围巾把胸部撑鼓
- 使过度拉伸；使过度扩展(或扩大)：
Your shirt is stretched at the sleeves.
你衬衫的袖子太长了。
- 尽量利用；过多使用，滥用：
She stretched money to keep within a budget.
为了不超出预算，她精打细算地花钱。
to stretch the imagination
想入非非，妄想
- [口语]夸大，夸张：
What you said isn't true. Is it stretched by you?
你说的不全是真的，你是不是有点儿夸大其词?
- 损伤，扭伤(脚踝等)：
He stretched his left foot when he jumped for the second time.
他第二次试跳时扭伤了左脚。
- 使(飞机、电厂等)改型：
The common weapons should be stretched every ten years.
常规武器应该十年一换代。
- 把(人)的四肢绑在拉肢刑架上(施刑)
- [俚语]把(某人)打得四肢朝天
- [方言]把(尸体)的四肢拉直，殓(尸)
- [古语]吊死，绞死