| 释义 |
broadness|ˈbrɔːdnɪs|
[f. as broadly adv. + -ness.]
The state or quality of being broad; breadth.
1. lit. (Now mostly superseded by breadth.)
1388Wyclif Deut. xxxiii. 20 Gad is blessid in broodnesse. 1486Bk. St. Albans, Her. C vij b, And it be dyuidid after the longnes or after the brodenes. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 245 Infynyte..in depnes, heyght, brodnesse & length. 1643J. Steer tr. Exp. Chyrurg. xvi. 66 About the broadnesse of the palme of the hand. 1730Magna Brit. V. 805/1 Bretford..hath its Name from the Broadness of the Ford..over the Avon.
2. fig. Plainness of speech; coarseness, indelicacy.
a1700Dryden (J.), I have used the cleanest metaphor I could find, to palliate the broadness of the meaning. 1861Craik Hist. Eng. Lit. I. 524 (L.) Broadness and indelicacy of allusion. |