English Dictionary

protract

/pɹəˈtɹakt/

verb

To draw out; to extend, especially in duration. / To use a protractor. / (surveying) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.

He protracted the meeting by bringing up irrelevant topics.

意味（1）

To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock;

Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock; Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.

意味（2）

To use a protractor.

意味（3）

(surveying) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.

This is a synopsis of our marches, which, protracted on Burckhardt’s map, gives an error of ten miles.

意味（4）

To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.

to protract a decision or duty

意味（5）

To extend; to protrude.

A cat can protract and retract its claws.