| 释义 |
expansively, adv.|ɛkˈspænsɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an expansive manner; at large, extensively. With respect to the steam-engine: On the principle of expansion.
1839R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Eng. 160 Very little power is lost by working the steam expansively. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xi. iii, Voltaire, at his leisure in Brussels..writes much more expansively. 1865Masson Rec. Brit. Philos. 100 The Absolute going forth expansively..is Nature. 1875R. F. Martin tr. Havrez' Winding Mach. 93 For throttling of the steam through the regulator will be substituted working expansively. |