Broad

[brɔːd] or [brɔd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) slang term for a woman; 'a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch'.

(adj.) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; 'a broad political stance'; 'generous and broad sympathies'; 'a liberal newspaper'; 'tolerant of his opponent's opinions' .

(adj.) lacking subtlety; obvious; 'gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave' .

(adj.) not detailed or specific; 'a broad rule'; 'the broad outlines of the plan'; 'felt an unspecific dread' .

(adj.) (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; 'a broad southern accent' .

(adj.) very large in expanse or scope; 'a broad lawn'; 'the wide plains'; 'a spacious view'; 'spacious skies' .

(adj.) being at a peak or culminating point; 'broad daylight'; 'full summer' .

奥德丽整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(superl.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

(superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.

(superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

(superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.

(superl.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

(superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

(superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

(superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.

(superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.

(superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

(n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.

(n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.

(n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

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同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Wide.[2]. Large, ample, extensive, expanded, extended, vast.[3]. Spread, diffused, open.[4]. Gross, coarse, indelicate, vulgar, obscene.

校對:斯宾塞

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Wide, extensive, expansive, ample, liberal, comprehensive, unreserved,indelicate, coarse, generic

ANT:Narrow, restricted, confined, limited, bigoted, prejudiced, illiberal,narrow-minded, reserved, veiled, enigmatical, shrouded, shaded, refined,delicate, sketchy, specific, pointed

手打:胡里奥

解釋/意思:

adj. wide: large free or open: outspoken: coarse indelicate: of pronunciation e.g. a broad accent.—advs. Broad Broad′ly.—ns. Broad′-ar′row a mark thus () stamped on materials belonging to Government; Broad′-brim a hat with a broad brim such as those worn by Quakers: (coll.) a Quaker.—adj. Broad′cast scattered or sown abroad by the hand: dispersed widely.—adv. by throwing at large from the hand only in phrases as 'to scatter broadcast ' &c.—v.t. to scatter freely.—n. Broad′cloth a fine kind of woollen fulled cloth used for men's garments.—v.t. Broad′en to make broad or broader.—v.i. to grow broad or extend in breadth.—adj. Broad′-eyed (Shak.) having a wide or extended survey.—ns. Broad′-gauge (see Gauge); Broad′ness.—n.pl. Broads lake-like expansions of rivers.—ns. Broad′side the side of a ship: all the guns on one side of a ship of war or their simultaneous discharge: a sheet of paper printed on one side otherwise named Broad′sheet; Broad′sword a cutting sword with a broad blade: a man armed with such a sword.—Broad Church a party within the Church of England which advocates a broad and liberal interpretation of dogmatic definitions and creed subscription—the name was first used in 1833 by W. J. Conybeare.

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