词组 | wide |
释义 | wide Something that is wide or broad measures a large distance from one side to the other. You can say that something such as a street or river is wide or broad. Wide is more common in conversation. There were no shops on this wide street. The streets of this town are broad. In front of them was a long, wide river. He thought of the prisoners peering out at the broad river. When you are talking about objects, you usually say that they are wide, rather than 'broad'. ...a wide bed. Six men came stumbling out through a wide doorway. When you are talking about people's physical characteristics, you usually use broad, rather than 'wide'. He was tall, with broad shoulders. ...a broad, hefty Irish nurse. |
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