"strain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

strain verbo

strain + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 15

strain relations • strain one's eyes • strain one's ears • strain one's relationship • strain a muscle • ...

strain + preposición

Kolokacji: 25

strain against • strain at • strain for • strain with • strain in • ...

Kolokacji: 14

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) against, at, for, with, in, ...

Kolokacji: 12

(2) under, from, during, after, by, ...

Kolokacji: 13

1. strain under = obciążenie poniżej strain under

The two men strained under the effort of carrying the device.
The handle was difficult to turn and the rope strained under the weight.
The house seemed to be literally straining under the weight of all the fuss.
The European regulators, though, are already straining under other pressures.
All the equipment was straining under an overload of power.
The artificial gravity strained under the stress but held firm.
The donkey strained under the load but pulled it forward.
She moved around the desk and picked up the briefcase, straining under its weight.
His processors strained under the massive load of data that Mother sent to him.
The man put the buckets down, as if it had just occurred to him that he did not have to stand straining under their weight.