Span
[spæn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the distance or interval between two points.
(noun.) a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches).
(noun.) the complete duration of something; 'the job was finished in the span of an hour'.
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解釋/意思:
(-) imp. & p. p. of Spin.
(v. t.) The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
(v. t.) Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
(v. t.) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.
(v. t.) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
(v. t.) A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
(v. t.) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.
(v. t.) To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.
(v. t.) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
(v. i.) To be matched, as horses.
(imp.) of Spin
校對:特伦斯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Nine inches.[2]. Brief period.[3]. [U. S.] Pair (of horses).
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解釋/意思:
adv. wholly—in Span′-new Spick′-and-span.
n. a yoke of horses or oxen.
n. the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little-finger when the fingers are extended: nine inches: the spread of an arch between its abutments: a space of time the full duration of anything: extent of stretch as the spread of a man's arms in measuring trees &c.—v.t. to measure by spans: to measure: to embrace:—pr.p. span′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. spanned.—ns. Span′-coun′ter Span′-far′thing a game played by one throwing a coin or counter on the ground and another trying to throw his so near it that he can span the distance between the two.—adjs. Span′less that cannot be spanned or measured; Span′-long of the length of a span.—n. Span′ner one who spans: an iron tool or lever used to tighten the nuts of screws.
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例句/造句/用法:
- There were numerous dragon flies--one found in the Belgian coal-measures had a wing span of twenty-nine inches! 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The span is made of either hard wood or ivory. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Before that time, a span in a bridge of 100 feet was considered remarkably long. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The difference between them is largely one of time-span, influencing the directness of the connection of means and ends. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The bridges are of a single span--a single arch--of cut stone, without a support, and paved on top with flags of lava and ornamental pebblework. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The bridge, 800 feet long, is a single span, supported by four enormous cables of wire stretching from the Canadian cliff to the opposite United States cliff. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Its span is 220 feet, the height of the roadway above the bed of the stream is 100 feet, and the width of the structure is 20 feet 4 inches. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- His little form and tiny lineaments encaged the embryo of the world-spanning mind of man. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I look out at some early hour of the day, and see a fine, perfect rainbow, bright with promise, gloriously spanning the beclouded welkin of life. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Joseph works on it for two years and makes it two spans too short. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- On the 23d Hancock's corps was moved to the wooden bridge which spans the North Anna River just west of where the Fredericksburg Railroad crosses. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The two main spans are 1,710 feet, and these both give a clear headway for navigation of 150 feet height. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The flanges are sunk flush into the top of the rail; thus the pocket iron spans the interstices between the rails. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Education, and education alone, spans the gap. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- There are three great spans, the central one of which has a length of about 520 feet, and the others a few feet less. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- What is the link that spans the intervening centuries? 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Mary Chivers's mighty feats of athleticism could not have been performed with the twenty-inch waist that May Archer's azure sash so easily spanned. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- It is supposed that greater rigidity is obtained by this means than by the suspension, and, like the suspension, great widths may be spanned without an under supporting frame work. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It helps us to realize the shortness of all human history to see so many generations spanned by the endurance of one single tree. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Soon the flames had spanned the road to the south and cut off Canler's return. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
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