string out

• 短语动词，表示将某事在时间或空间上拉长、拖延或延伸，常指超出必要程度。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of extending or prolonging something over a period of time or space, often making it last longer than necessary.

不可数 · 不规则动词 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Extend or prolonginformal

   To make something last longer than necessary or to stretch something out over time.

   拖长

   • The speaker strung out his speech for over an hour.
   • They strung out the negotiations to gain more time.
   • Don't string out the story; just tell us what happened.

   同义词drag outextendlengthenprolongprotractspin outstretch out

   反义词abbreviateabridgecondensecurtailcutshortentruncate

2. Spread in a lineinformal

   To arrange or place things in a long, thin line.

   排成一行

   • The hikers were strung out along the narrow trail.
   • She strung out the lights across the garden.
   • The cars were strung out for miles on the highway.

   同义词alignarrayextendline uprangestretchstringtrail