strung out

英 [ˌstrʌŋ ˈaʊt]

美 [ˌstrʌŋ ˈaʊt]

adj.  一条线地伸展开来; (吸毒后)神志恍惚

牛津词典

adj.

• 一条线地伸展开来
  spread out in a line
  1. a group of riders strung out along the beach
     沿海滩散开的一队骑手
• （吸毒后）神志恍惚
  strongly affected by an illegal drug such as heroin

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 一条线地伸展开来的;一字排开的
  If things arestrung outsomewhere, they are spread out in a line.
  1. Buildings were strung out on the north side of the river.
     河的北岸是一排大楼。
• ADJ-GRADED (吸毒后)神志恍惚的
  If someone isstrung out ondrugs, they are heavily affected by drugs.
  1. He was permanently strung out on heroin.
     吸食海洛因令他整日神志不清。

双语例句

• For most of her teenage years, she was strung out on crack.
  少年时，她吸可卡因成瘾。
• Four mounted policemen were strung out across the road, holding on to their saddles with one hand while they turned this way and that, watching for signs of trouble, as if they were prepared to dash forward at the first suggestion of a disturbance.
  四个骑巡一字儿摆开，站在马路中央；马上人据鞍四顾，似乎准备好了望见哪里有骚扰，就往哪里冲。
• He strung out the washing to dry.
  他把洗好的衣物挂成一行晒干。
• He would draw them, all strung out in arow, then look at them and destroy them.
  他把图画出来，把它们排成一排，然后看一看就把它们毁掉。
• Disappointingly, the whole place was much like here, but with no sense of time and with everything "strung out further" in the thinner atmosphere.
  那地方跟这里也差不了多少，只是没有时间感，因为空气稀薄那里的东西都“轻飘飘”的，还真令人失望。
• Look at a map of Hawaii and you'll see volcanic islands strung out like pearls on a necklace.
  随便翻看一张夏威夷的地图，你会发现夏威夷的火山岛分布得就像串在一条项链上的一颗颗珍珠一样。
• The promise 3 days strung out to 6 weeks.
  原先答应三天，结果延长到六个星期之久。
• We strung out the tennis match so that we could use the court all afternoon.
  我们延长了网球赛的时间，这样我们一下午都能使用网球场了。
• The South Isles are strung out in a line from mainland to South ronaldsay.
  南部列岛自梅恩兰岛到南罗纳尔兹韦排成一条长线。
• In the coming days, Hillary Clinton will launch her official candidacy. Having strung it out so long, she is expected to justify the wait with original thinking.
  希拉里•克林顿（HillaryClinton）将于近日正式参选。这一天已经拖延了太久，她有望用创造性思维来证明等待是值得的。