stretch

引き伸ばす、伸ばす

物を引っ張って長くしたり幅を広げたりする。

やさしい英語で： To make something longer or wider by pulling it.

• Stretch the band gently.
• He stretched the shirt until it fitted.
• Can you stretch this fabric a little?

類義語： lengthen, extend

反対語： compress

よく使う表現： stretch something out, stretch a band, stretch the fabric, stretch the material

広がる、延びる

ある地域に広がったり、一定の距離まで続いたりする。

やさしい英語で： To reach across an area or continue for a particular distance.

• The road stretches into the distance.
• Green fields stretched across the valley.
• How far does the beach stretch?

使い方： stretch from A to B (The forest stretches from the river to the mountains.); stretch across something (Fields stretch across the valley.); stretch for something (The beach stretches for several miles.)

類義語： extend, reach

よく使う表現： stretch across something, stretch from something, stretch for miles

伸びる

引っ張られると長くなったり幅が広がったりする。

やさしい英語で： To become longer or wider when pulled.

• This fabric stretches easily.
• The elastic stretched without breaking.
• Will the shirt stretch enough to fit?

類義語： lengthen, expand

反対語： shrink

よく使う表現： stretch easily, stretch under pressure, stretch without breaking

区間、道のり

道路や旅の経路などの、ひと続きの部分。

やさしい英語で： A continuous part of a road, journey, or other route.

• The last stretch was uphill.
• We drove along a quiet stretch of road.
• Several stretches of the route were closed.

使い方： stretch of something (This stretch of road is dangerous in winter.)

類義語： section, segment

よく使う表現： final stretch, stretch of road, last stretch

期間、ひと続きの時間

何かをしたり、ある場所にいたりする、ひと続きの時間。

やさしい英語で： A continuous period of time spent doing something or being somewhere.

• I slept for a long stretch.
• She worked eight hours at a stretch.
• His two stretches in prison changed his life.

使い方： stretch of something (We enjoyed a long stretch of sunny weather.); for something at a stretch (He worked for six hours at a stretch.)

類義語： period, spell

よく使う表現： long stretch, stretch of time, at a stretch

引き伸ばし、伸張

物を引っ張って長くしたり幅を広げたりすること。

やさしい英語で： An act of pulling something so that it becomes longer or wider.

• One stretch made the band longer.
• Give the fabric a gentle stretch.
• Repeated stretches weakened the elastic.

使い方： stretch of something (A gentle stretch of the elastic loosened it.)

類義語： pull

よく使う表現： gentle stretch, stretch of something

こじつけ、誇張

事実を超えて話を広げた、信じがたい考えや主張。

やさしい英語で： An idea or statement that is difficult to believe because it goes beyond the facts.

• That explanation is a stretch.
• It would be a stretch to call this a success.
• Even with that evidence, her claim remains a stretch.

使い方： be a stretch to do something (It is a stretch to call him an expert.)

類義語： exaggeration

よく使う表現： quite a stretch, stretch to say, stretch of imagination, stretch to believe