英和和英

読み方 のばす

他動詞

1

（＝伸長する）to stretch （one's arm）; to reach out （one's hand）; to lengthen （a house）; to make （a ship） longer; to extend （a line）; to elongate （a sentence）; to prolong （pleasure）; to protract （one's stay）; to draw out （a subject into many columns）

用例

• 手を伸ばす
  to stretch one's hand―reach out one's hand―make a long arm

• 手を伸ばして花を取ろうとした
  I reached at a flower.
• 手を伸ばして人の時計を取ろうとする
  to reach for a watch
• 手を伸ばして人に物を渡す
  to reach one anything
• 獲物は手を伸ばせば取れる
  The prize is within my grasp.
• 頸を伸ばす
  to stretch one's neck―crane one's neck
• 彼は頸を伸ばして待っている
  He is waiting with a craned neck―on the tiptoe of expectation.
• 短かければ伸ばす
  If it is too short, make it longer.
• 船を伸ばす
  to lengthen a ship
• この船を百フィート（だけ）伸ばすのだ
  The ship is to be lengthened by 100 feet.
• 線路を伸ばす
  to extend a line
• この路線は百マイル（だけ）伸ばした
  The line has been extended by 100 miles.
• 彼は髪を伸ばしている
  He wears his hair long.
• 爪を伸ばしいる
  He allows his nails to grow long.
• 金を打ち伸ばす
  to beat out gold
• 革を打ち伸ばす
  to hammer out a piece of leather
• 金を引き伸ばして針金にする
  to draw out metal into wire
• 手足を伸ばす
  to stretch one's limbs
• 彼は身体を長々と伸ばして寝ておった
  He was stretched at full length.
• 寿命を伸ばす
  to prolong one's life―lengthen one's days―add to one's natural term of existence―take a new lease of life
• 鼻毛を伸ばす、鼻の下を伸ばす
  to be spooney （on a girl）

2

（＝濃いものを薄くする）to thin; to dilute

• 糊を伸ばす
  to thin the paste―make the paste thinner

3

用例

• 紙の皺を伸ばす
  to smoothe out crumpled paper

• 顔の皺を伸ばす
  to smoothe away the wrinkles on one's brow―feel relieved

4

• 木が枝を伸ばす
  A tree spreads its branches.

5

• 巻いた針金を伸ばす
  to uncoil a wire―stretch a coiled wire

6

• 身代を伸ばす
  to increase one's wealth―grow richer

7

用例

• 羽翼（才能）を伸ばす
  to give free play to one's abilities―give ample scope to one's talents―give full swing to one's genius

• 彼は天才を充分に伸ばしている
  His genius has full swing.
• 彼に天才を伸ばす機会を与えよ
  Let his genius have its swing!
• 才能を伸ばすことのできる仕事を選べ
  Choose some work which will give play to your abilities―call your abilities into play.
• 彼は才能を伸ばす機会を求めている
  He seeks scope for his talents.