| 单词 | range |
| 释义 | range (once / 75 pages) 1nv 2nv 3nv 4n 5n 6v The word range refers to a variety of things or to an area in which something operates. The store offers the living room set in a range of colors. What's the range of that remote-controlled airplane? As a noun, range can also be used to describe a set of mountains such as the Sierra Nevada or it can mean a grassy plain where cattle graze. As a verb, use range to mean a span or variety of things. Your family conversation at the dinner table probably ranges over a variety of topics. At school, you learn about many subjects ranging from English literature to calculus to European history. WORD FAMILYrange: ranged, ranges, ranging, rangy+/ranging: rangingly/rangy: rangier, rangiest, rangily USAGE EXAMPLESThis is partly because it stimulates multiple biochemical pathways, which may account for its wide range of effects. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) As employees, they would be eligible to press for a range of benefits that would upend the firms’ labor costs and business models. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Estimates of the pricetag for that initial discovery range from several hundred to a few billion dollars. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a variety of different things or activities he answered a range of questions he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection Hypo|Hyper band a range of frequencies between two limits frequency band, wavebanda band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals) assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety a collection containing a variety of sorts of things 2n the limits within which something can be effective range of motion Syn|Hypo|Hyper reach earreach, earshot, hearing the range within which a voice can be heard eyeshot, viewthe range of the eye rifle range, rifle shotthe distance that a rifle bullet will carry limit as far as something can go 3n the limit of capability Syn|Hypo|Hyper compass, grasp, reach ken, sight the range of vision capability, capableness, potentiality an aptitude that may be developed 4n an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet" a piano has a greater range than the human voice Syn|Hypo|Hyper ambit, compass, orbit, reach, scope approximate range, ballpark near to the scope or range of something confinesa bounded scope contrastthe range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness) internationalism, internationalityquality of being international in scope latitudescope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction horizon, purview, viewthe range of interest or activity that can be anticipated expanse, sweepa wide scope gamuta complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions" spectruma broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities palette, palletthe range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art extent the distance or area or volume over which something extends 5n (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined Syn|Hyper image, range of a function set (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols 6v change or be different within limits Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals My students range from very bright to dull Syn|Hyper run extend, go, lead, pass, run stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point lead, runcause something to pass or lead somewhere be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 7v have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun This gun ranges over two miles Hypo carry be conveyed over a certain distance 8v range or extend over; occupy a certain area Syn|Hypo|Hyper straddle spread-eagle stretch over be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent form or compose 9v assign a rank or rating to 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper grade, order, place, rank, rate superordinate place in a superior order or rank shortlistput someone or something on a short list seeddistribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds reorderassign a new order to subordinaterank or order as less important or consider of less value prioritise, prioritizeassign a priority to sequencearrange in a sequence downgraderate lower; lower in value or esteem upgraderate higher; raise in value or esteem invert, reversereverse the position, order, relation, or condition of countermarchchange the order of soldiers during a march outclasscause to appear in a lower class evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 1n a large tract of grassy, open land on which livestock can graze they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring he dreamed of a home on the range Hypo|Hyper home range, home territory the area in which an animal normally ranges parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract an extended area of land 2v feed as in a meadow or pasture Syn|Hyper browse, crop, graze, pasture crop, graze, pasture let feed in a field or pasture or meadow eat, feed take in food; used of animals only 3v let eat 3range the animals in the prairie Syn|Hyper browse, crop, graze, pasture feed as in a meadow or pasture feed, give give food to 1n a series of hills or mountains the valley was between two ranges of hills Syn|Exp|Hyper chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains Adirondack Mountains a mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area Admiralty Rangemountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land Alaska Rangea mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley Allegheny Mountainsthe western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia the Alpsa large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction Altai Mountainsa mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China Andesa mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast Apenninesa mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula Appalachian Mountainsa mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States Atlas Mountainsa mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia Australian Alpsa range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range Balkan Mountain Rangethe major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula Berkshire Hillsa low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area Black Hillsmountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore Blue Ridge Mountainsa range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia Cantabrian Mountainsa range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay Carpathian Mountainsa mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area Cascade Mountainsa mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range Catskill Mountainsa range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas Caucasus Mountainsthe mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia Coast Mountainsa string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California Cumberland Mountainsthe southwestern part of the Appalachians Dolomite Alpsan eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone Great Dividing Rangea mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia Great Smoky Mountainspart of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee Green Mountainsa range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont Guadalupe Mountainsa mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains Himalaya Mountainsa mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain Hindu Kush Mountainsa mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas Karakoram Rangea mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak Kuenlun Mountainsa mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles Mesabi Rangea range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887 Mount Carmela mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast Nan Linga mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west Ozark Mountainsan area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma Pamir Mountainsa mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China Pyreneesa chain of mountains between France and Spain Rhodope Mountainsa mountain range in the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe; extends along the border between Greece and Bulgaria Rocky Mountainsthe chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide Sacramento Mountainsmountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande San Juan Mountainsa mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains Sayan Mountainsa range of mountains in southern Siberia to the west of Lake Baikal; contain important mineral deposits Selkirk Mountainsa range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia sierraa range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline) Sierra Madre Occidentala mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline Sierra Madre Orientala mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico Sierra Nevada Mountainsa mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney Sierra Nevadaa mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada St. Elias Mountainsa range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory Taconic Mountainsa range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont Teton Rangea mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton Tien Shana major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles Transylvanian Alpsa range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania Tyrolean Alpsa popular tourist area in the Tyrol Ural Mountainsa mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia formation, geological formation (geology) the geological features of the earth 2v lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper array, lay out, set out compart lay out in parts according to a plan arrange, set up put into a proper or systematic order n a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds 5the army maintains a missile range in the desert any good golf club will have a range where you can practice Hypo|Hyper practice range a place for practicing golf shots rifle rangea range where people can practice shooting rifles test rangea range for conducting tests firing range, target rangea practice range for target practice driving range, golf rangea practice range for practicing golf shots facility, installation a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry n a kitchen appliance used for cooking food 6Syn|Hypo|Hyper cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, stove charcoal burner a stove that burns charcoal as fuel cookstovea stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove) electric rangea kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power gas cooker, gas range, gas stovea range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas potbelly, potbelly stovea bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned Primus, Primus stovea portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers spirit stovea stove that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol kitchen appliance a home appliance used in preparing food v move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast, drift, ramble, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander drift, err, stray wander from a direct course or at random wandergo via an indirect route or at no set pace maunder wander aimlessly gad, gallivant, jazz aroundwander aimlessly in search of pleasure go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically |
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