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expanse 音标拼音: [ɪksp'æns] n. 宽阔的区域,宽阔 宽阔的区域,宽阔 expanse n 1: a wide scope; " the sweep of the plains" [ synonym: { sweep}, { expanse}] 2: the extent of a 2- dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; " the area of a rectangle"; " it was about 500 square feet in area" [ synonym: { area}, { expanse}, { surface area}] 3: a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or skyExpanse \ Ex* panse"\, v. t. To expand. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. -- Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster]
Expanse \ Ex* panse"\, n. [ From L. expansus, p. p. of expandere. See { Expand}.] That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky. " The green expanse." -- Savage. [ 1913 Webster] Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 91 Moby Thesaurus words for " expanse": acreage, ampleness, amplitude, area, beam, bigness, body, boundlessness, breadth, broadness, bulk, caliber, compass, continuum, coverage, depth, diameter, dimension, dimensions, distance, distance across, domain, emptiness, empty space, enormity, enormousness, expansion, extension, extent, field, formidableness, fullness, galactic space, gauge, gigantism, girth, grandeur, grandness, great scope, greatness, height, hugeness, immensity, infinite space, infinity, intensity, interstellar space, largeness, latitude, length, length and breadth, magnitude, mass, measure, measurement, might, mightiness, muchness, nothingness, orbit, outer space, plenitude, power, prodigiousness, proportion, proportions, radius, range, reach, scale, scope, size, space, span, spatial extension, sphere, spread, strength, stretch, stupendousness, superficial extension, surface, sweep, territory, tract, tremendousness, vastness, void, volume, wideness, width
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