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protract 音标拼音: [protr'ækt] [pr'otrækt] vt. 延长,托长,伸出,绘制 延长,托长,伸出,绘制 protract v 1: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; " We prolonged our stay"; " She extended her visit by another day"; " The meeting was drawn out until midnight" [ synonym: { prolong}, { protract}, { extend}, { draw out}] Protract \ Pro* tract"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Protracted}; p. pr. vb. n. { Protracting}.] [ L. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to forth, protract; pro forward trahere to draw. See { Portrait}, { Portray}.] 1. To draw out or lengthen in time or ( rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Zool.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to { retract}. [ 1913 Webster]
Protract \ Pro* tract"\, n. [ L. protractus.] Tedious continuance or delay. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 76 Moby Thesaurus words for " protract": adjourn, chatter, continue, dawdle, defer, delay, drag out, draw, draw out, dwell on, elongate, extend, fill out, hang fire, hang up, hold, hold off, hold over, hold up, keep, keep alive, keep going, keep up, lay aside, lay by, lay over, lengthen, lengthen out, let out, linger on, maintain, never finish, pad, perorate, perpetuate, pigeonhole, postpone, preserve, procrastinate, produce, prolong, prolongate, prorogate, prorogue, pull, push aside, put aside, put off, put on ice, recess, reserve, retain, run out, set aside, set by, shelve, shift off, sleep on, speak at length, spin out, stand over, stave off, stay, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out, suspend, sustain, table, take a recess, tauten, temporize, tense, tighten, waive
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