Range
[reɪn(d)ʒ] or [rendʒ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; 'the army maintains a missile range in the desert'; 'any good golf club will have a range where you can practice'.
(noun.) a variety of different things or activities; 'he answered a range of questions'; 'he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection'.
(noun.) the limits within which something can be effective; 'range of motion'; 'he was beyond the reach of their fire'.
(noun.) a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze; 'they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring'; 'he dreamed of a home on the range'.
(noun.) a series of hills or mountains; 'the valley was between two ranges of hills'; 'the plains lay just beyond the mountain range'.
(verb.) let eat; 'range the animals in the prairie'.
(verb.) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; 'lay out the clothes'; 'lay out the arguments'.
(verb.) range or extend over; occupy a certain area; 'The plants straddle the entire state'.
(verb.) change or be different within limits; 'Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion'; 'Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent'; 'The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals'; 'My students range from very bright to dull'.
(verb.) have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; 'This gun ranges over two miles'.
艾伦錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.
(n.) To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
(n.) To separate into parts; to sift.
(n.) To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.
(n.) To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.
(n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.
(n.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
(v. i.) To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
(v. i.) To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.
(v. i.) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
(v. i.) To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast.
(v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
(v.) A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.
(v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
(v.) The step of a ladder; a rung.
(v.) A kitchen grate.
(v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
(v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
(v.) A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
(v.) That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.
(v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority.
(v.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.
(v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.
(v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile.
(v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.
(v.) In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.
(v.) See Range of cable, below.
埃迪校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Row, rank, line, tier, file.[2]. Class, order, kind, sort.[3]. Excursion, wandering.[4]. Scope, sweep, compass, extent, reach, amplitude, latitude.
v. a. [1]. Class, rank, arrange, set in a row, dispose in order.[2]. Rove over, pass over.[3]. Sail along.
v. n. [1]. Rove, ramble, wander, stroll, roam, course, straggle, expatiate, rove at large, gad about.[2]. Consort, be classed, be ranked.[3]. Lie, run, be directed.
校對:斯宾塞
同義詞及反義詞:
[See ORDER_and_RANK]
SYN:Rank, dispose, class, place, order, collocate, file, concatenate, ramble,stroll, rove
ANT:Disturb, disconnect, disorder, derange, intermit, disconnect, remain,be_stationary
欧内斯特整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to rank or set in a row: to place in proper order: to rove or pass over: to sail in a direction parallel to.—v.i. to be placed in order: to lie in a particular direction: to have range or direction: to rove at large: to beat about as for game: to sail or pass near: to be on a level: to extend.—n. a row or rank: a class or order: a wandering: room for passing to and fro: space occupied by anything moving: capacity of mind: extent of acquirements: the horizontal distance to which a shot is carried: a space through which a body moves as the range of a thermometer: the long cooking-stove of a kitchen: a fire-grate.—adj. Rang (her.) arranged in order said of small bearings set in a row fessewise.—n. Range′-find′er an instrument for determining the range of an object by sight.—n.pl. Range′-lights lights placed in line usually at or near a lighthouse so as to direct the course of a ship through a channel: lights on board ship so placed as to give a ready indication of changes of course to other vessels.—n. Rang′er a rover: a dog that beats the ground: an officer who superintends a forest or park.—n.pl. Rang′ers a body of mounted troops: a name sometimes taken by clubs of football players &c.—ns. Rang′ership; Range′-stove a portable cooking-range.—adj. Ran′gy disposed to roam: roomy.
編輯:丽诺尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Seest thou, Isaac, said Front-de-Boeuf, the range of iron bars above the glowing charcoal? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The spire of Evian shone under the woods that surrounded it, and the range of mountain above mountain by which it was overhung. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- They reveal a depth and range of meaning in experiences which otherwise might be mediocre and trivial. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- I do not think it took us longer than that to get out of range and out of sight. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He studied the sp ecies in their natural setting, the habitat, and range, and habits, and food of the different varieties. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- And they mark a new step forward in the power and range of the human mind. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The sound of a drawer cautiously slid out struck my ear; stepping a little to one side, my vision took a free range, unimpeded by falling curtains. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Lieb wrote from Milan, Italy, that he had in use on the Edison system there 360 meters ranging from 350 ampere-hours per month up to 30,000. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Its fiber is very long, ranging from six to ten feet, and is noted for its smoothness and pliability, a feature which makes it ideal for rope making. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The full-grown tree is quite large, ranging sixty feet and over in height and about eight feet around the trunk. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils; destroying the objects that obstructed me, and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The dots are of various sizes, ranging from a minute stipple to a solid black, and they present to the eye the same effect as the unbroken tones of a photograph. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- In the ivory storage vaults of one large company, there is held from $150,000 to $300,000 worth of ivory, ranging from the tusk up to the finished product. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This halftone screen is a glass plate ruled with lines at right angles ranging, for different purposes, from 60 to 200 lines to the inch. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It has been used of recent years to designate the skilled horsemen who have charge of the cattle on the great ranges of the West. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- These four perpendicular ranges of windows admitted air, and, the fire being kindled, heat, or smoke at least, to each of the galleries. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- You must penetrate the ponderous vocabulary, the professional cant to the insight beneath or you scoff at the mountain ranges of words and phrases. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The ranges are read in scales of 10-yard steps, and the azimuths for each . 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Varieties generally have much restricted ranges. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- She sat quiet, her lips parted by the stress of the ascent, her eyes wandering peacefully over the broken ranges of the landscape. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The lumber from the redwood tree is light, and ranges in color from medium to light cherry, while the lumber from the Big Trees, or _Sequoia Gigantia_, has a decided pink cast. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The females and young squatted in a thin line at the outer periphery of the circle, while just in front of them ranged the adult males. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- They ranged in height from three to four feet, and were moving restlessly about the enclosure as though searching for food. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Then as now, the propositions brought to Edison ranged over every conceivable subject, but the years have taught him caution in grappling with them. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It consisted of five magnetic needles, ranged side by side on a horizontal line that formed the diameter of a rhomb. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- They ranged from a faint trace of extensive diffuse nebulosity to a nebulous star with a mere vestige of cloudiness. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- They probably ranged over very wide areas. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He was hit low in the back of the neck and the bullet had ranged upward and come out under the right eye. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
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