英[stret?] 美[str?t?]
v. 伸展; 延伸; 持續; 包括;
n. 伸展; 彈性; 壹片; 壹段時間;
adj. 可伸縮的; 彈性的;
例句：
He was fluent in French, having spent stretches of time in Southern France.
他曾在法國南部呆過壹段時間，法語流利。
The talks could be stretched into the summer of 1993.
該談判可能會延續至1993年夏天。
The cables are designed not to stretch
該電纜不能拉伸。
They're used to stretching their budgets
他們習慣於精打細算。