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- strain [streɪn]
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1.
noun
[c/u]
(pressure) 负担
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2.
noun
[c/u]
(tension) 紧张
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3.
noun
[u]
[术语]
作用力
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4.
noun
[c]
[of virus, plant]
系
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5.
noun
[c/u]
back/muscle strain 背部/肌肉扭伤
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6.
vt.
[+back, muscle]
扭伤
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7.
vt.
[+resources, system]
(overload) 使超过负荷
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8.
vt.
[+food]
过滤
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9.
vi.
to strain to do sth 尽力去做某事
- 10. n pl [liter] [of music] strains 乐曲
- 11. n pl [organization+] 负担过重
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1.
noun
[c/u]
(pressure) 负担
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- strain [stren] [steɪn]
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1.
vt.
拉紧，抽紧，扯紧
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2.
vt.
使紧张；尽力使用
- to strain every nerve
- 竭尽全力
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3.
vt.
使过劳（致受伤）
- 4. vt. 通过暴力使受损（或变弱等）
- 5. vt. 滥用；歪曲
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6.
vt.
扭曲；使变形
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7.
vt.
（过）滤
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8.
vt.
滤掉，滤去
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9.
vt.
抱紧[现只用于短语to strain to one's bosom（或heart）把…紧紧抱在怀里]
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10.
vt.
[antiquated]
强迫，勉强
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11.
vi.
尽力，使劲
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12.
vi.
被拉紧（或扯紧等）
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13.
vi.
（因受重压等）扭曲，变形
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14.
vi.
用力拉（或扯、拖等）
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15.
vi.
滤过，渗出
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16.
vi.
不肯接受；踌躇，畏缩不前（at）
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17.
noun
拉紧；紧张
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18.
noun
奋力，尽力；过度用力
- 19. noun 过劳，劳损
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20.
noun
应变；变形
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21.
noun
应力；张力
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22.
noun
（对资源、感情等的）苛求
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1.
vt.
拉紧，抽紧，扯紧
Collins English-English Dictionary
- strain [streɪn]
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1.
vb
to draw or be drawn taut; stretch tight
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2.
vb
to exert, tax, or use (resources) to the utmost extent
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3.
vb
to injure or damage or be injured or damaged by overexertion
- he strained himself
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4.
vb
to deform or be deformed as a result of a stress
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5.
vi.
[intr]
to make intense or violent efforts; strive
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6.
vi.
to subject or be subjected to mental tension or stress
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7.
vi.
to pour or pass (a substance) or (of a substance) to be poured or passed through a sieve, filter, or strainer
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8.
vt.
[tr]
to draw off or remove (one part of a substance or mixture from another) by or as if by filtering
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9.
vt.
[tr]
to clasp tightly; hug
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10.
vt.
[tr]
[obsolete]
to force or constrain
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11.
vi.
[intr;
foll by at] to push, pull, or work with violent exertion (upon) -
12.
vi.
to strive (for)
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13.
vi.
to balk or scruple (from)
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14.
n
the act or an instance of straining
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15.
n
the damage resulting from excessive exertion
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16.
n
an intense physical or mental effort
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17.
n
[music]
[often plural]
a theme, melody, or tune
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18.
n
a great demand on the emotions, resources, etc
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19.
n
a feeling of tension and tiredness resulting from overwork, worry, etc; stress
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20.
n
a particular style or recurring theme in speech or writing
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21.
n
[physics]
the change in dimension of a body under load expressed as the ratio of the total deflection or change in dimension to the original unloaded dimension. It may be a ratio of lengths, areas, or volumes
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22.
n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French estreindre to press together, from Latin stringere to bind tightly
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1.
vb
to draw or be drawn taut; stretch tight
- strain [streɪn]
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1.
n
the main body of descendants from one ancestor
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2.
n
a group of organisms within a species or variety, distinguished by one or more minor characteristics
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3.
n
a variety of bacterium or fungus, esp one used for a culture
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4.
n
a streak; trace
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5.
n
[archaic]
a kind, type, or sort
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6.
n
[Etymology]
Old English str
e on; related to Old High German gistriuni gain, Latin struere toconstruct
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1.
n
the main body of descendants from one ancestor
Examples
- crack under a strain
- 健康因极度紧张而垮下来 → crack
- to strain every nerve
- 竭尽全力 → strain
- to strain a rule to one's own advantage
- 为了自己的利益滥用某一规则 → strain
- heart strain
- 心肌劳损 → strain
- under a strain
- 在极度疲劳的情况下 → under
- to be under great strain
- [person+] 处于极度紧张之中 → strain
- to put a strain on sth/sb
- 给某事/某人增加负担 → strain
- a noble strain of horses → noble
- 咬住牙绷住劲
- clench one's teeth and strain one's muscles → 绷
- 使尽吃奶的力气
- strain every muscle → 吃奶
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