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单词 free-ranging
释义

free-ranging

adjective

free-rang·​ing ˈfrē-ˈrān-jiŋ How to pronounce free-ranging (audio)
1
: moving or able to move or range freely over a wide area without restriction
free-ranging animals
I began roaming the streets to observe how free-ranging cats—feral cats and strays, as well as house cats allowed to wander freely—make a living in a city. James E. Childs
2
: not limited or narrow in scope or extent : wide-ranging
a free-ranging discussion
Mr. Enright is comparatively free-ranging and various in writing about what engages him; his subjects range from professors of literature to computers to "correctness" to aging and, above all, to words. William H. Pritchard

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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