outstretchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /aʊtˈstɹɛt͡ʃ/
• 韻: -ɛtʃ
• ハイフネーション: out‧stretch

動詞

outstretch (三人称単数 現在形 outstretches, 現在分詞 outstretching, 過去形および過去分詞形 outstretched)

1. To extend by stretching
   • 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time‎^[1]:

     She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped hands in front of the face could provide a small pocket of air for the mouth and nose. Without it, the first breaths could create a suffocating ice mask.

アナグラム

• stretch out, stretchout