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

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