expanse

noun

/ɪkˈspæns/

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单词	expanse
释义	expanse noun /ɪkˈspæns/ /ɪkˈspæns/ jump to other results expanse (of something) a wide and open area of something, especially land or water a wide/vast expanse of blue sky She stood looking out over the flat expanse of fields. Extra Examples a bleak expanse of concrete a vast expanse of sand the white expanses of the frozen north He gazed out over the huge expanses of open prairie. She admired the deck's shining expanse of polished wood. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective broad endless great … preposition expanse of See full entry Word Originmid 17th cent.: from modern Latin expansum ‘something expanded’, neuter past participle of expandere ‘to spread out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pandere ‘to spread’.
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