straining

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an intense or violent exertion (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
strain
• Derivationally related forms:
strain, strenuous (for: strain), strain (for: strain)
• Hypernyms:
effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat
2. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
• Syn:
distortion, overrefinement, torture, twisting
• Derivationally related forms:
twist (for: twisting), overrefine (for: overrefinement), distort (for: distortion)
• Hypernyms:
falsification, misrepresentation

II - adjective

taxing to the utmost;
testing powers of endurance (Freq. 1)
- his final, straining burst of speed
- a strenuous task
- "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt
• Syn:
arduous, strenuous
• Similar to:
effortful
• Derivationally related forms:
strain (for: strenuous), strenuousness (for: strenuous), arduousness (for: arduous)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  song, straining, striving, nisus, pains, tenor, form, variant, var., breed, stock, mental strain, nervous strain, tune, melody, air, melodic line, line, melodic phrase, stress, deform, distort, puree, filter, filtrate, separate out, filter out, tense, tense up, sift, sieve, extend, try,
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed