strain-主題

strain

[strein]

n.拉緊, 緊張, 血統, 筆調 
v.拉緊, 勞累, 過分使用

例句與用法：

He was breaking up under the strain.

他勞累過度，身體逐漸衰弱。

The rope broke under the strain.

繩索在張力之下斷了。

You will strain your eyes by reading in such poor light.

你在這樣弱的光線下看書會損傷視力的。

This strain of wheat can grow during a cold spring.

這種小麥可以在寒冷的春天生長。

The author seems to strain after novelty.

作者似乎在力圖標新立異。

Too heavy a load will strain the rope to its breaking point.

負載過重會把繩子拉緊到崩斷的地步。

詞形變化：

動詞過去式: strained | 動詞過去分詞: strained | 動詞現在分詞: straining | 動詞第三人稱單數: strains |

英文解釋:

名詞 strain:

(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension- R.J.Samuelson

同義詞：stress

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

同義詞：tune, melody, air, melodic line, line, melodic phrase

(psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress

同義詞：mental strain, nervous strain

a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

同義詞：breed, stock

(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

同義詞：form, variant, var.

a lineage or race of people

同義詞：breed

injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain

the general meaning or substance of an utterance

同義詞：tenor

an effortful attempt to attain a goal

同義詞：striving, nisus, pains

an intense or violent exertion

同義詞：straining

the act of singing

同義詞：song

動詞 strain:

to exert much effort or energy

同義詞：strive, reach

test the limits of

同義詞：try, stress

use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

同義詞：extend

separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

同義詞：sift, sieve

cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

同義詞：tense, tense up

become stretched or tense or taught

同義詞：tense

remove by passing through a filter

同義詞：filter, filtrate, separate out, filter out

rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender

同義詞：puree

alter the shape of (something) by stress

同義詞：deform, distort

同義詞

pull | injure | breed | try hard | filter | sieve | struggle | labor | damage | drain | species | tension | draining | rinsing | nervous tension | exertion | effort | injury | extend | stretch | wrench | tow | sprain | race | hurt | quality | trace | tug | descent | streak | stress | tense | deform | separate out | straining | melody | mental strain | form | variant | pains | line | sift | song | stock | nisus | reach | tenor | striving | puree | var. | tune | tense up | distort | filter out | strive | filtrate | try | air | pressure |

反義詞

unstrain | relax |

以上來源於大辭典