expanse

英 [ɪkˈspæns]

美 [ɪkˈspæns]

n.  一大片，广阔，宽广，浩瀚(尤指陆地或海洋)

复数：expanses　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10053 / COCA.8187

牛津词典

noun

• 一大片，广阔，宽广，浩瀚（尤指陆地或海洋）
  a wide and open area of sth, especially land or water
  1. a wide/vast expanse of blue sky
     广阔 / 无垠的蓝天
  2. flat expanses of open farmland
     平坦而辽阔的农田

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 广袤;辽阔;浩瀚
  Anexpanse ofsomething, usually sea, sky, or land, is a very large amount of it.
  1. ...a vast expanse of grassland.
     广阔的草原

英英释义

noun

• a wide scope
  1. the sweep of the plains
  Synonym:sweep
• the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
  1. the area of a rectangle
  2. it was about 500 square feet in area
  Synonym:areasurface area
• a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

双语例句

• An expanse of land suitable for livestock to wander and graze on.
  放牧地，牧场一片适宜于牲畜游荡和进食的广大土地。
• The green of a lone plant lends stark contrast to the empty expanse of sand in this desert scene.
  在这一沙漠场景中，一抹独株植物的绿色和空旷绵延的沙丘形成了强烈的对比。
• The expanse of the earth, I firmly believe that you must hide behind me appreciate the results.
  如此浩瀚的大地，我坚信你一定是躲在欣赏着我的成绩。
• We have a vast expanse of cultivable land.
  我们有大片的耕地。
• Far in the distance lies the Dongting Lake, a vast expanse of misty, rolling waters.
  远望洞庭，烟波浩渺。
• After the heavy snow, the fields were a vast expanse of white.
  下了一场大雪，田野上白茫茫一片。
• Very large in expanse or scope.
  在区域或范围上巨大的。
• Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time.
  在一个广阔的空间或范围或时间上的扩展。
• They came to a broad expanse of water.
  他们来到了一片广阔的水域。
• From the boundless expanse of the east coast to the mountains of Kunlun Mountain.
  从浩瀚无垠的东海之滨到巍峨的昆仑山下。