breadth

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n. 宽度 [法] 违背, 违犯, 未遵守

发音

US /bɹɛdθ/

词形变化

breadths 复数 breadths

别名

b. bredth

教材释义与例句

名词

宽度，幅度；宽宏

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.

    可数 不可数

    The breadth of the corridor is 4.5 metres.

  2. 2.

    A piece of fabric of standard width.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.

    可数 不可数

    expand one’s breadth of marketing

  4. 4.

    A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.

    可数 不可数 艺术
  5. 5.

    The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.

    可数 不可数 数学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

width comprehensiveness largeness

上位词 2

intelligence dimension

下位词 6

beam broadness capaciousness narrowness roominess wideness

相关短语

bizygomatic breadth by a hair's breadth 差一点儿 acre's breadth acre breadth hair's breadth 极短的距离 wheel breadth

词源

From Middle English bredthe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of brede ("breadth"; see bread). Equivalent to broad + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots bredth (“breadth”), Saterland Frisian Bratte (“breadth”), West Frisian breedte (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Low German Breddte, Breddt (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”), Danish bredde (“breadth”), Norwegian Bokmål bredde (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”).

来源：wiktionary