stretches
n.
一段时间( stretch的名词复数 );
一片;
方向;
v.
伸展，拉紧( stretch的第三人称单数 );
延伸;
拉长;
损伤;
例句:
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The association between the two companies stretches back thirty years.
这两家公司的往来可以追溯到30年前。
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Exmoor National Park stretches over 265 square miles of moor.
埃克斯穆尔高地国家公园位于高原贫瘠之地，占地265平方英里。
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For long stretches, our hero is barely there.
来自WSJ
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Some stretches of beach are completely underwater at high tide.
海滩上有些地方在涨潮时完全淹没在水中。
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That adds to costs and stretches out development times.
来自WSJ
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Night...stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world.
来自E. Young