wiredraw

vt. 抽成金属丝, 拉长

词形变化

wiredrawing wiredrawn wiredraws 三单 wiredraws wiredrew wiredrawing 现在分词 wiredrew 过去式 wiredrawn 过去式 wiredrawn 过去分词

别名

wire-draw wyredraw

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To stretch (some physical thing) out, as though drawing wire; to elongate.

    古体 及物
  2. 2.

    To stretch (words, a meaning etc.) to suit one's own purpose.

    废旧 及物

    I am of opinion that the uncontrouled libertie, that all men have to wrest, dissipate, and wyredraw a word so religious and important, to so many severall idiomes, hath much more danger than profit following it.

词源

From wire + draw.

来源：wiktionary