strain

strain /strein/
  • danh từ
    • sự căng, sự căng thẳng; trạng thái căng, trạng thái căng thẳng
      • the rope broke under the strain: dây thừng đứt vì căng quá
      • to be a great strain on someone's attention: là một sự căng thẳng lớn đối với sự chú ý của ai
      • to suffer from strain: mệt vì làm việc căng
    • (kỹ thuật) sức căng
    • giọng, điệu nói
      • to speak in an angry strain: nói giọng giận dữ
    • (âm nhạc) ((thường) số nhiều) giai điệu, nhạc điệu; đoạn nhạc, khúc nhạc
    • (thơ ca); (văn học) ((thường) số nhiều) hứng
    • khuynh hướng, chiều hướng
      • there is a strain of weakness in him: ở anh ta có chiều hướng nhu nhược
    • dòng dõi (người); giống (súc vật)
      • to come of a good strain: là con dòng cháu giống
  • ngoại động từ
    • căng (dây...); làm căng thẳng
      • to strain one's ears (eyes): vểnh tai (căng mắt)
    • bắt làm việc quá sức, bắt làm việc căng quá, lợi dụng quá mức
      • take care not to strain your eyes: cẩn thận đừng để mắt làm việc căng quá
      • to strain somebody's loyalty: lợi dụng lòng trung thành của ai
    • vi phạm (quyền hành), lạm quyền
      • to strain one's powers: lạm quyền của mình
    • ôm (người nào)
      • to strain someone to one's bosom: ôm người nào
    • lọc (lấy nước hoặc lấy cái); để ráo nước
      • to strain [off] rice: để gạo ráo nước
    • (kỹ thuật) làm cong, làm méo
    • nội động từ
      • ra sức, rán sức, cố sức, gắng sức; cố gắng một cách ì ạch, vác ì ạch
        • plants straining upwards to the light: cây cố vươn lên ánh sáng
        • rowers strain at the oar: người chèo thuyền ra sức bơi mái chèo
      • (+ at) căng ra, thẳng ra (dây); kéo căng
        • dog strains at the leash: chó kéo căng dây xích
      • lọc qua (nước)
      • to strain at a gnat
        • quá câu nệ, quá thận trọng
      • to strain every nerve
        • gắng sức, ra sức

     chúng (vi khuẩn)
     dạng
     giống
     lắng lọc
     loài
     sự biến dạng
     sự lọc qua

    eye strain
     căng mắt (trước màn hình...)
    eye strain
     sự mỏi mắt
    strain test
     sự thử hàng phân loại

    [strein]

  • danh từ

    o   sự biến dạng

    Sự biến đổi hình dạng hoặc thể tích của một vật do tác dụng của ứng suất.

    o   ứng suất

    o   lực, lực kéo

    o   sự biến dạng

    o   kéo

    §   compressive strain : sự biến dạng nén

    §   plastic strain : sự biến dạng dẻo

    §   shearing strain : sự biến dạng cắt

    §   tensile strain : sự biến dạng căng, sự biến dạng kéo

    §   yield strain : biến dạng tại giới hạn chảy

    §   strain ellipsoid : elipsoit biến dạng

    §   strain gauge : dưỡng đo biến dạng


    Xem thêm: stress, tune, melody, air, melodic line, line, melodic phrase, mental strain, nervous strain, breed, stock, form, variant, var., breed, tenor, striving, nisus, pains, straining, song, strive, reach, try, stress, extend, sift, sieve, tense, tense up, tense, filter, filtrate, separate out, filter out, puree, deform, distort



  • strain

    Từ điển Collocation

    strain noun

    1 severe demand on strength, resources, etc.

    ADJ. considerable, enormous, great, heavy, real, severe, terrible, tremendous It's a real strain having to get up so early! | slight | increasing | constant | excessive, intolerable, unbearable, undue | emotional, financial, mental, nervous, physical, psychological The mental strain of sharing an office with Alison was starting to tell. | breaking a fishing line with a 15lb breaking strain

    VERB + STRAIN be/come under, feel, suffer (from) Television newsreaders come under enormous strain. After weeks of overtime, she was starting to feel the strain. | cause, create, impose, place, put Increasing demand is placing undue strain on services. | ease, reduce | cope with, stand, take | increase

    STRAIN + VERB show, take its toll (on sb), tell (on sb) After six weeks of uncertainty, the strain was beginning to take its toll.

    PREP. under the ~ The ice gave way under the strain. He broke under the strain of having to work twelve hours a day. | ~ on There's too much strain on the corner of the table.

    PHRASES a bit of a strain I found it a bit of a strain making conversation with her. | signs of strain After three years, their marriage was beginning to show signs of strain. | stresses and strains the stresses and strains of a long day | take the strain off sb/out of sth The new scheme is designed to take the strain out of shopping.

    2 injury

    ADJ. bad | slight | back, eye, muscle, thigh, etc.

    VERB + STRAIN have, be suffering from | get You'll get eye strain if you don't put the light on. | recover from, shake off Gerrard will play if he can shake off a slight thigh strain.


    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
    • difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson; stress
    • a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; tune, melody, air, melodic line, line, melodic phrase

      she was humming an air from Beethoven

    • (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress; mental strain, nervous strain

      his responsibilities were a constant strain

      the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him

    • a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; breed, stock

      he experimented on a particular breed of white rats

      he created a new strain of sheep

    • (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; form, variant, var.

      a new strain of microorganisms

    • a lineage or race of people; breed
    • injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
    • the general meaning or substance of an utterance; tenor

      although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument

    • an effortful attempt to attain a goal; striving, nisus, pains
    • an intense or violent exertion; straining
    • the act of singing; song

      with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates

      v.

    • to exert much effort or energy; strive, reach

      straining our ears to hear

    • test the limits of; try, stress

      You are trying my patience!

    • use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; extend

      He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro

      Don't strain your mind too much

    • separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; sift, sieve

      sift the flour

    • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; tense, tense up

      he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up

    • become stretched or tense or taught; tense

      the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was attached

    • remove by passing through a filter; filter, filtrate, separate out, filter out

      filter out the impurities

    • rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; puree

      puree the vegetables for the baby

    • alter the shape of (something) by stress; deform, distort

      His body was deformed by leprosy


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    strains|strained|straining
    syn.: descent extend hurt injure pull quality race sprain streak stretch tow trace tug wrench

    ant.: relax