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protracted 音标拼音: [protr'æktɪd] a. 拖延的 拖延的 protracted adj 1: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; " a drawn- out argument"; " an extended discussion"; " a lengthy visit from her mother- in- law"; " a prolonged and bitter struggle"; " protracted negotiations" [ synonym: { drawn- out}, { extended}, { lengthy}, { prolonged}, { protracted}] 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]
Protracted \ Pro* tract` ed\, a. Prolonged; continued. [ 1913 Webster] { Protracted meeting}, a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [ U. S.] [ 1913 Webster] -- { Pro* tract" ed* ly}, adv. -- { Pro* tract" ed* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 50 Moby Thesaurus words for " protracted": de longue haleine, dragged out, dragging, drawn, drawn out, drawn- out, elongated, endless, everlasting, extended, filled out, interminable, languishing, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, long, long- continuing, long- drawn, long- drawn- out, long- pending, long- spun, long- winded, longiloquent, longsome, marathon, never- ending, overlong, padded, prolix, prolongated, prolonged, pulled, spun out, spun- out, straggling, strained, stretched, stretched out, stretched- out, strung out, talkative, taut, tense, tight, unrelenting, verbose, windy, wordy
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