| 单词 | range |
| 释义 | range I. 1. a. < the first range of soldiers > < pupils in a range > b. (1) < in a range of buildings near the house was a dairy and meat store — H.V.Morton > < a big nursery over which was a range of attics — David Garnett > (2) (3) (4) 2. a. b. 3. a. b. < low-lying valley bottoms … providing meager amounts of winter range — T.R.Weir > c. < the elk range in the Rocky mountain area — T.W.Daniels > < this snail thrived and spread …, its range being directly increased — Joyce Allan > 4. a. < taking the dogs for a range > b. < giving the horses free range > 5. a. (1) < the gun has a range of six miles > (2) (3) b. c. 6. < in the lower ranges of the council — F.M.Stenton > < at the lowest range the family, at the uppermost the state — B.N.Cardozo > 7. a. b. 8. a. < a faith worldwide in its range and power — Norman Goodall > b. < lanterns at night to attract fish within range of net or spear — Lamp > c. < a technical vocabulary a little outside my range — Wolcott Gibbs > d. 9. < the buoys in range with the pier > 10. a. (1) < from the summit they could see range after range of mountains > (2) b. 11. a. < a wide range of patterns > < a range of possible solutions — W.S.Campbell > b. < spring tides … have a greater range — C.F.Chapman > 12. a. (1) (2) (3) b. 13. 14. a. b. 15. 16. 17. 18. Synonyms: < safe, well out of the range of the pursuers > < a beautiful voice with a wide range between the high and the low tones — Havelock Ellis > < a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies — Willa Cather > < the whole range of Greek political life — G.L.Dickinson > gamut suggests a graduated series running from one possible extreme to another < types of light each occupying its particular place in that far-reaching roster or gamut which is called the spectrum — K.K.Darrow > reach suggests an extent of perception, knowledge, ability, or activity attained to or experienced by or as if by stretching out < moving step by step toward the widest generalizations within his reach — L.J.Henderson > < out of reach of the first invading forces > < anything like sustained reasoning was beyond his reach — Leslie Stephen > radius suggests an area, usually circular, of activity, implied by a known or determined center < the town's history has been the history of coal; within a radius of five miles are twelve large mines — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > compass indicates an extent, sometimes more limited than that suggested by range, of perception, knowledge, or activity; it is likely to connote a bounding circumference < the powers expressly granted to the government … are to be contracted … into the narrowest possible compass — John Marshall > < here we get in very small compass … as many different reminders of the continuity of the country … as you will find anywhere — S.P.B.Mais > sweep suggests extent, often circular or arc-shaped, of motion or activity, which latter notion it more strongly suggests than the preceding terms < the boldness and sweep of Webster's original scheme appear plainly — Kemp Malone > < in the sweep of their universal robbery, they showed at least no discrimination between native and foreign victims — Osbert Sitwell > scope is applicable to an area of activity, an area predetermined and limited, but an area of free choice within the set limits < its scope was widened by the legislature to include other departments — American Guide Series: Texas > < the infinite scope for personal initiative in business — G.B.Shaw > orbit suggests a range of activity or influence, often circumscribed and bounded, within which forces work toward accustoming, integrating, absorbing < communities … outside the orbit of modernity — Walter Lippmann > < the war as a gigantic cosmic drama, embracing every quarter of the globe and the whole orbit of man's life — John Buchan > horizon suggests an area, perhaps arc-shaped or semicircular, of knowledge, interest, perception; it may suggest the new or the potential or envisioned < science has provided a new frontier with unlimited horizons — A.H.Compton > < possibilities he hadn't known were upon its horizon — Mary Austin > ken indicates range of perception or cognizance < they seemed trivial at the time they came into his ken — W.A.White > < the bulk of his known reading, until the great Italians swam into his ken, was French — J.L.Lowes > purview may indicate either range of perception or knowledge or range of authority or competence < the inclusion of dependent areas within the purview of Point Four — Rupert Emerson > < the problem of ethnic variation falls very definitely within the purview of the student of the social life of man — M.F.A.Montagu > II. transitive verb 1. a. < half a dozen straight-backed chairs are ranged in front of the desk — Philip Hamburger > < the women, ranged along the north side, wore their usual dress — Oliver LaFarge > b. < ranged himself with the reform movement — Charles Moore > < came and ranged yourself beside me — T.B.Costain > 2. a. < took his fine new rifle and ranged the woods — S.H.Holbrook > b. < ranged his eyes over the scene before him > 3. < range plants in genera > 4. < had been out the night before, ranging the enemy coast — Irwin Shaw > 5. 6. chiefly Britain 7. < on the uplands thousands of head of cattle are ranged each year — Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review > 8. intransitive verb 1. a. (1) < the custom … to range through the town on the last night of carnival — P.L.Fermor > < ranged like a grey moose … guiding himself by the sun — Van Wyck Brooks > < ranging around remote parts of England — Max Beerbohm > (2) < has ranged among the masterpieces of past and present art — William Barrett > < talk ranged widely, even in aesthetics — H.S.Canby > < likes to range over current issues — Newsweek > b. < ranging about in search of some promising spot upon which to pitch the … tent — F.V.W.Mason > < the beagle will not range too far afield of the hunter — Time > 2. < ranged with the great pillars and supporters of our art — Joshua Reynolds > 3. archaic < given to range — Lord Byron > 4. a. b. chiefly Britain < these two type faces, although of the same size, do not range well > c. < the fence ranges with the street > 5. a. < the gun ranges over three miles > < the shot ranged along a four mile course > b. 6. < its products range from carpet tacks to pig iron — American Guide Series: New York > < discounts range from 205 to 405 — Nathan Kelne > 7. of an organism < the hardy ring-necked pheasant … ranges over all but the most northern areas — American Guide Series: Minnesota > 8. |
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