| 词汇 | expanse |
| 释义 | expanse noun[ C ] uk /ɪkˈspæns/ us /ɪkˈspæns/ a large, open area of land, water, or sky: （陆地、水面或天空的）广阔区域 expanse ofThe Great Plains are a broad expanse of grassland.北美大平原是一片广袤的草地。 vast expansevast expanses of sand and pine沙地和松林相间的管阔区域 Space - general words bay blank chamber dead space elbow room expanse of something floor footprint multi-chambered non-spatial room space spacial spacing spatial spatialize spatially standing room subzone zone expanse | American Dictionaryexpanse noun[ C ] us/ɪkˈspæns/ a very wide space or area: the vast expanse of Russia Examples of expanseexpanse The study area is surrounded by large expanses (>200 km) of mainly continuous forest to the west, north and east. Given its subject and considerable expanse, the book's emphases are telling. The sounds around you give little clue to the expanse of the space, and visual obstacles gradually obscure the sight line. As a resource, its vast and wild expanses are to be explored, gazetted and systematically exploited. When we no longer hear distant sound through the roar of the traffic, we aurally re-define the expanse of the landscape. In laterite outcrops, where the influence of the rains is hardly felt, large expanses of small bamboos of stunted appearance are met with. But even if it is there, it is not spatially there in the way that colour patches are stretched over spatial expanses. The platform is surrounded by a vast expanse of darkened stage. All ivory gulls were observed in small areas of open water in large expanses covered with mostly solid sea ice. And he can see the broad expanse as well. Natural images and contrast encoding in the retina and larger number and of contrasts, large expanses of sky or water were avoided. The huge expanses of the country's hinterland and their vast population still remain largely unknown to outsiders. Although a laudible attempt, the vast expanse of coverage inevitably meant some significantly sketchy treatment. Within two decades the compact, often mono-nuclear, city of the industrial era became deeply embedded within large expanses of loosely-connected garden suburbs. This is due to the large expanse of the ocean and our limited ability to monitor it. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withexpanseexpanseThese are words often used in combination with expanse. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. broad expanse And he can see the broadexpanse as well. expanse of glass Thus, there is a huge expanseofglass throughout the building, and the spectacular roof has cut-outs for natural light to filter in. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. expanse of land There is a considerable expanseofland adjoining the highway boundary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with expanse |
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