broadest 音标拼音: [br'ɔdɪst]
宽阔的,广大的,概括的,一片(最高级)
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Broad \
Broad \ (
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a . [
Compar . {
Broader }
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superl . {
Broadest }.] [
OE .
brod ,
brad ,
AS .
br [=
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d ;
akin to OS .
br [=
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d ,
D .
breed ,
G .
breit ,
Icel .
brei [
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r ,
Sw . &
Dan .
bred ,
Goth .
braids .
Cf . {
Breadth }.]
1 .
Wide ;
extend in breadth ,
or from side to side ; --
opposed to {
narrow };
as ,
a broad street ,
a broad table ;
an inch broad .
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2 .
Extending far and wide ;
extensive ;
vast ;
as ,
the broad expanse of ocean .
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3 .
Extended ,
in the sense of diffused ;
open ;
clear ;
full .
"
Broad and open day ." --
Bp .
Porteus .
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4 .
Fig .:
Having a large measure of any thing or quality ;
not limited ;
not restrained ; --
applied to any subject ,
and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly ,
the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive .
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A broad mixture of falsehood . --
Locke .
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Note :
Hence :
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5 .
Comprehensive ;
liberal ;
enlarged .
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The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case . --
D .
Daggett .
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In a broad ,
statesmanlike ,
and masterly way . --
E .
Everett .
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6 .
Plain ;
evident ;
as ,
a broad hint .
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7 .
Free ;
unrestrained ;
unconfined .
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As broad and general as the casing air . --
Shak .
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8 . (
Fine Arts )
Characterized by breadth .
See {
Breadth }.
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9 .
Cross ;
coarse ;
indelicate ;
as ,
a broad compliment ;
a broad joke ;
broad humor .
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10 .
Strongly marked ;
as ,
a broad Scotch accent .
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Note :
Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide ,
large ,
etc .;
as ,
broad -
chested ,
broad -
shouldered ,
broad -
spreading ,
broad -
winged .
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{
Broad acres }.
See under {
Acre }.
{
Broad arrow },
originally a pheon .
See {
Pheon },
and {
Broad arrow }
under {
Arrow }.
{
As broad as long },
having the length equal to the breadth ;
hence ,
the same one way as another ;
coming to the same result by different ways or processes .
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It is as broad as long ,
whether they rise to others ,
or bring others down to them . --
L '
Estrange .
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{
Broad pennant }.
See under {
Pennant }.
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Syn :
Wide ;
large ;
ample ;
expanded ;
spacious ;
roomy ;
extensive ;
vast ;
comprehensive ;
liberal .
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