呢幾個字有咩分別??? :0

Stretch (verb) 延伸 = to continue for a particular distance
The beach stretches for miles in each direction.

Stretch (verb) 伸展〔肢體〕伸伸腿 = to make your arms, legs, or body as straight as possible so that your muscles become long and tight
I would suggest that we stretch for about 10 minutes.

Stretch (noun) 服刑期間 = a period of time spent in prison

Phrase: do (serve) a stretch for something

He’s doing a 15-year stretch for armed robbery.
He’s serving a ten-year stretch for murder.

splendid, spectacular, magnificent = 傑出的,極好的, 顯著的,壯麗的, 三個意思差不多
If you say that something is splendid, you mean that it is very good.
e.g. splendid idea
If you describe a building or work of art as splendid, you mean that it is beautiful, impressive, and extremely well made.
e.g. splendid cathedral

Something that is spectacular is very impressive or dramatic.
e.g. spectacular scenery, spectacular show, spectacular growth

Something or someone is magnificent, they are extremely good, beautiful, or impressive.
e.g. magnificent performance, magnificent view, magnificent palace

enormous 巨大的,龐大的 = extremely large in size or amount. You can use enormous to emphasize the great degree or extent of something.
e.g. enormous amount of money, enormous effort

snorkel = a piece of equipment with a tube that fits in your mouth so that you can breathe while swimming under water
snorkeling (noun) = when you swim under water using a snorkel 使用水下呼吸管潛游

romantic attitudes to the past = 對往時採取浪漫的態度

wonder drug 特效藥, 療效神奇的藥, 靈藥 = very good and effective drug,
wonder horse 非凡的馬 = extremely good, unusual and beautiful horse

a wealth of = a large number of 大量

a carnival procession = 狂歡節[嘉年華會]的巡遊隊伍

cosmopolitan (某地的人) 來自世界各地 (adj.) e.g. a cosmopolitan city
used about a place where people from many different countries and cultures live
cosmopolitan 〔人〕見識廣的 (adj.)
used about someone who has travelled a lot and knows about different societies and cultures
He has a cosmopolitan outlook on life.



2013-10-04 09:32:29 補充：
“stretch for” 完全不是 prepositional phrase, 不是 verbal phrase,
stretch 是 intransitive verb, for 是 preposition, 但是在這裡, 自己獨立 function
prepositional phrase = preposition + noun/ noun phrase, 第一個字一定是 preposition
e.g. for miles, for about 10 minutes,
stretch out 是 verbal phrase, not “stretch for"

2013-10-05 00:11:26 補充：
He’s doing a 15-year stretch for armed robbery. 因持械搶劫,他現服刑15年的刑期
He’s serving a ten-year stretch for murder. 因謀殺,他現服刑10年的刑期
服刑 = 坐牢

do (or serve) ****-year stretch for (crime罪行)
stretch (noun) = 刑期
xx-year stretch = xx 年的刑期
do or serve 服刑, 是 verb
crime可以是armed robbery (持械搶劫), murder (謀殺) ....

He’s doing a 15-year stretch for armed robbery.
He’s serving a ten-year stretch for murder.
Chinese pls,Godfrey!thanks

2013-10-05 00:26:41 補充：
thx,Godfrey!!! :D

stretch本身意思是延伸，加for xxx，可以解延伸xxx長度或加長xxx時間...等等。
stretch for作為prepostional phrase則是指勉強/能力有限地去做
e.g. The task may be beyond your ability, you may stretch for it.
這工作可能非你能力所及，或許你力有不逮。

-splendid = 閃爍/光亮/燦爛/精彩...英語人亦會表示「太好了」
e.g. The new year eve firework is splendid.
-spectacular = 壯觀/驚人
e.g. Circus Soleil is spectacular.
-magnificent = 偉大/華麗
e.g. This Palace of the King of France is magnificant.
-enormous = 巨形/龐大
e.g. This estate that covers 1000 hetare is enormous.


snorkeling = 浮潛...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snorkeling