单词 | broad-spreading |
释义 | > as lemmasbroad-spreading C1. Forming adjectives with present participles, past participles, and (less commonly) adjectives, as in broad-branching, broad-spreading, (also) broad-spread, broad-stretched, etc.See also broad-ranging adj. ΘΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having strong or broad hind-quarters well-spreadc1540 well-coupleda1642 strong-dockeda1652 full-trussed1683 broad-spread1687 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. met. vii. l. 1615 Lete hym loke vpon þe brode shewyng [L. patentes] contreys of þe heuen. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 452 Broad spreading like an aged tree. 1600 C. Middleton Legend Duke of Glocester sig. B3 Vntill it prooue a goodly broad-spred tree, To shade poore shrubs from wrongs and iniury. 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 58 His broad-spred brest, long dangling dew-laps deck. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2211/4 A duskish brown bald Mare, broad spread. 1712 J. Mortimer Art of Husbandry: Pt. II 179 Dog-Fennel has..broad spread double white Flowers at the Top of the Branches. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber v. 98 A broad laughing Voice..round Shoulders, an unconceiving Eye. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. i. xviii. 16 The broad-glaring eye of the tale-telling day. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 21 And at last to blurt out the broad staring question, of, madam, will you marry me? 1866 G. Pearce Death of Moses 86 E'en as his timorous young The eagle urges from their nest to rise; Bears on his broad-stretched wing, and trains them through the skies. 1877 J. Ruskin St. Mark's Rest iii. 40 Look, as you recross its bridge, westward, along the broad-flowing stream. 1973 ABA Jrnl. Oct. 1167/1 The broadspread anti-intellectualism and antiprofessionalism of eighteenth century America. 2019 MailOnline (Nexis) 29 Aug. A broad-grinning Tim holds a cigarette in one hand and a beer in the other. 2022 Punch (Nigeria) (Nexis) 24 Feb. The goal has been to tackle the root causes of Lassa fever and its broad spread impact on infected individuals. < as lemmas |
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