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broadest 音标拼音: [br'ɔdɪst] 宽阔的,广大的,概括的,一片(最高级) 宽阔的,广大的,概括的,一片(最高级) Broad \ Broad\ ( br[ add] d), a. [ Compar. { Broader} ( br[ add] d"[~ e] r); superl. { Broadest}.] [ OE. brod, brad, AS. br[= a] d; akin to OS. br[= e] d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. brei[ eth] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. " Broad and open day." -- Bp. Porteus. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] A broad mixture of falsehood. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Hence: [ 1913 Webster] 5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. [ 1913 Webster] The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. -- D. Daggett. [ 1913 Webster] In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. -- E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint. [ 1913 Webster] 7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. [ 1913 Webster] As broad and general as the casing air. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 8. ( Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See { Breadth}. [ 1913 Webster] 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. [ 1913 Webster] 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad- chested, broad- shouldered, broad- spreading, broad- winged. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. -- L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster] { Broad pennant}. See under { Pennant}. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal. [ 1913 Webster]
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