释义 |
Verb: reach reech- Reach a destination, either real or abstract
"The water reached the doorstep" - make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain - Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
"This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" - hit, attain - Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
"Government reaches out to the people" - reach out - Be in or establish communication with
"Our advertisements reach millions" - get through, get hold of, contact - To gain with effort
- achieve, accomplish, attain - To extend as far as
"The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall" - extend to, touch - Reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"
- make, get to, progress to - Place into the hands or custody of
- pass, hand, pass on, turn over, give - To exert much effort or energy
- strive, strain Noun: reach reech- The limits within which something can be effective
"he was beyond the reach of their fire" - range - An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control
"outside the reach of the law" - scope, range, orbit, compass, ambit - The act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- reaching, stretch - The limit of capability
- compass, range, grasp
Derived forms: reaches, reaching, reached See also: reach into, reach out, reaching Type of: arrive, be, bring home the bacon, capability, capableness, come, come through, communicate, deliver the goods, drive, extent, get, intercommunicate, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], limit, motility, motion, move, movement, potentiality, push, succeed, transfer, tug, win Encyclopedia: Reach Reach, Cambridgeshire Reach, Ontario |