| 单词 | strain |
| 释义 | strain1 /strem; stren/ n 1 [C, U] condition of being stretched; force exerted: 拉紧; 扯紧; 紧张; 加力; 拉力; 应变： The rope broke under the 绳子被拉断了。 Engineers calculate the ~s and stresses of a bridge. 工程师们计算桥梁的应变和应力。 What is the breaking ~ of this cable, the ~ that will break it? 这铁覆的断裂应变如何？ 2 [C, U] sth that tests and strains one's powers; severe demand on one's strength, etc: 考验能力之事物; 需要用动、使力、费神等之事物： the ~ of sleepless nights. 连夜不眠的辛劳。 The payment of the lawyer's bills was a great ~ on my resources. 支付箱师费是我经济上一项很大的负担。 Do you suffer from the ~ of modern life? 现代生活使你感到紧张吗? He has been under severe 他一直处于极度紧张的状 (诗; 通常用复数) (某种指明的) 音乐; 歌; 诗： the ~s of an organ; 风琴奏出的音乐; the martial ~s of the band of the Royal Marines. 皇家海军陆战队乐队奏出的军案。 6 [C] manner of speaking or writing: 谈话或写作的方式; 语调; 笔调; 风格： in a lofty/ cheerful/dismal ~; 以高傲 (愉快，忧当) 的语调; and much more in the same ~, the same general tendency. 并以相同语气说了许多其他的事。 7 tendency in a person's character: 性格的倾向; 气质; 性情： There is a ~ of insanity in the family/of mysticism in her. 那一家人都有疯癫的倾向 (她有神秘的气质) 。 8 breed (of animals, insects, etc); line 态。 3 [U] exhaustion; fatigue: 劳累; 竭尽; 疲惫： suffering from mental/nervous ~. 精神 (神经) 疲劳国度。 4 [C] sprain; injury caused by twisting a joint, etc. 扭筋; 脱臼; 扭伤关节等。 5 (poet; usu pl) music, song, verse (of the kind indicated): of descent: (动物、昆虫等的) 种; 血统： ~s of mosquitoes that are resistant to DDT; 对 DDT 有抗力的各种蛟虫; a spaniel of good 一只有优良血统的长毛垂耳小狗。 |
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