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 .
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2 .
To put off to a distant time ;
to delay ;
to defer ;
as ,
to protract a decision or duty . --
Shak .
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3 . (
Surv .)
To draw to a scale ;
to lay down the lines and angles of ,
with scale and protractor ;
to plot .
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4 . (
Zool .)
To extend ;
to protrude ;
as ,
the cat can protract its claws ; --
opposed to {
retract }.
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Protracted \
Pro *
tract `
ed \,
a .
Prolonged ;
continued .
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{
Protracted meeting },
a religious meeting continued for many successive days . [
U .
S .]
[
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Pro *
tract "
ed *
ly },
adv . --
{
Pro *
tract "
ed *
ness },
n .
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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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