string out

1. (переходный)To extend on or as if by strings, wires, etc.

   Let's string out these lights across the patio.

   ausdehnen, ausspannen

2. (идиома, переходный)To prolong or extend in an unnecessary, contrived or time-filling manner.

   Do we really need to string out this discussion any further?

   I've run out of things to say, but somehow I need to string out this essay to two thousand words.

   ausdehnen, hinausziehen

3. (сленг, переходный)To bring under the influence of narcotics.

4. (непереходный, сленг)To experience withdrawal symptoms of an addiction to narcotics.

1. The third string is out of tune.

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2. String theory started out quite elegantly and has now grown into something of a mess with five different versions.

   Теория струн была поначалу изящной, но со временем разрослась в неслабый клубок из пяти различных вариантов.

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3. You've been looking strung out these past weeks.

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4. She spent most of her senior year in high school strung out on drugs.

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неправильный · Урок

• string upповесить, вешатьTo kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.
• string alongнанизыватьTo keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions.
• string outTo extend on or as if by strings, wires, etc.
• string onTo continue to convince (someone) of something untrue; to maintain a lie or scam aimed at (someone).
• string withTo agree with.