Reach

(noun.) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out.

(verb.) be in or establish communication with; 'Our advertisements reach millions'; 'He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia'.

(verb.) move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; 'Government reaches out to the people'.

(verb.) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; 'The thermometer hit 100 degrees'; 'This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour'.

(verb.) reach a destination, either real or abstract; 'We hit Detroit by noon'; 'The water reached the doorstep'; 'We barely made it to the finish line'; 'I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts'.

(verb.) reach a goal, e.g., 'make the first team'; 'We made it!'; 'She may not make the grade'.

(verb.) to extend as far as; 'The sunlight reached the wall'; 'Can he reach?' 'The chair must not touch the wall'.

校对:维多利亚

• With an area beneath, it was no mean feat to reach that window ledge and open that window. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• During my journey I might dream, and with buoyant wings reach the summit of life's high edifice. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Humble bees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• My impatience to reach the church was so great that I could not remain inactive in the cottage while the clerk lit the lantern again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• There, within easy reach of the rubber trees, they set up their camp and the actual work of harvesting the rubber crop begins. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Let it be somewhere beyond reach; in some obscure life--or, better still, in some obscure death. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Christian, maul down the victuals from corner-cupboard if canst reach, man, and I'll draw a drap o' sommat to wet it with. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It was already dark when we reached it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• They reached a curtained door, behind which sounded lovely music. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Will started up from his chair and reached his hat. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It was while I was in the carriage, just as we reached the trainer's house, that the immense significance of the curried mutton occurred to me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• And it was so delightful that this higher degree of sympathy should be reached through their interest in Lily Bart! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• After several severe skirmishes, in which the enemy was defeated, General Steele reached Camden, which he occupied about the middle of April. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Sherman reached Fayetteville on the 11th of March. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Carr's division was deployed on our right, Lawler's brigade forming his extreme right and reaching through these woods to the river above. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• After getting our lunch and upon reaching the sidewalk, Borst opened his mouth, and said: 'That's a great place; a plate of cakes, a cup of coffee, and a Russian bath, for ten cents. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The purpose is to take care of the misdirected balls that roll off the bed before reaching the pit. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• We were occupying ceased to afford comfortable quarters; and further orders not reaching us, we began to look about to remedy the hardship. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Moving far to Sherman's right, he succeeded in reaching the railroad about Big Shanty, and moved north on it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• This is done by attaching to the service pipe tanks filled with filtering material, through which the water flows before reaching the boiler. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• From this space it reaches the outer air by a valve at the bottom of the outer vessel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Massive, symmetrical and harmonious, its highest point reaches 307? feet above the plaza on the east. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• For the same reason a burning match may be held without discomfort until the flame almost reaches the hand. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Really, it's like one of the reaches of the Nile--as one imagines the Nile. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It reaches to every nation of Barsoom. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Now it is attended from the day of its planting until it reaches the lips of the consumer by contrivances of consummate skill to fit it for its destined purpose. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• As it reaches its full size it _matures_, it begins to produce young, which are either born alive or hatched from eggs. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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