stretchingとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/
• 韻: -ɛtʃɪŋ
• ハイフネーション: stretch‧ing

語源 1

From Middle English strecching, strecchinge, equivalent to stretch +‎ -ing.

名詞

stretching (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 stretchings)

1. The act by which something is stretched.
   • 1859, Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry:

     [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.

2. A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (または muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.

語源 2

From Middle English strecchinge, strecchynge, from 古期英語 streċċende, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjandī, present participle of *strakkjan (“to stretch”), equivalent to stretch +‎ -ing.

形容詞

stretching (comparative more stretching, superlative most stretching)

1. Requiring a high level of effort or performance.

引用

For quotations using this term, see Citations:stretching.

動詞

stretching

1. present participle of stretch