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expansive

/ik-span-siv/US // ɪkˈspæn sɪv //UK // (ɪkˈspænsɪv) //

广阔的,宽广的,广泛的,广阔的空间

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive: expansive mountain scenery.
    • : effusive, unrestrained, free, or open: Our expansive host welcomed us warmly.
    • : tending to expand or capable of expanding.
    • : causing expansion: the expansive force of heat.
    • : working by expansion, as an engine.
    • : Psychiatry. marked by an abnormal euphoric state and by delusions of grandeur.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.talkative

Examples

  • Particles were out, and fields — expansive, undulating entities that fill space like an ocean — were in.

  • It is the perfect geographical recipe for creating expansive wetlands—and therefore the perfect habitat for star-nosed moles.

  • They chose these states because of their expansive and high-quality highway systems, good weather, and large trucking industry.

  • After all, under an expansive view of “most valuable,” there can be more candidates from which to choose.

  • Fuel oil began to leak into the expansive turquoise blue lagoon outside the coastal village of Mahébourg.

  • Like the Scarlett Johansson-voiced operating system in Her, she just became too expansive for you.

  • Hedwig calls on me to have a much more expansive energy—not so interior.

  • At such low numbers, we could afford to feel expansive toward foreigners.

  • During our interview, he was intense, fast, generous with his time, and thoughtful and expansive with his answers.

  • The secrecy surrounding LRS-B is more expansive than any aircraft program of its size since the 1980s.

  • The drawing shows the simplicity of parts of this highly expansive steam-engine, beginning the up-stroke with steam of 100 lbs.

  • The Herland 33-inch pole high-pressure expansive steam puffer-engine commenced its up-stroke with steam of 150 lbs.

  • The Wheal Prosper 16-inch pole high-pressure expansive steam vacuum engine commenced its up-stroke with steam of 100 lbs.

  • The principle of expansive working and momentum of moving parts was of necessity modified in its application to pump-work.

  • The valve open while the plunger-pole ascended 20 inches, then went the remainder of the 10-feet stroke expansive.