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单词 span
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span
(spæn )
Word forms: spans , spanning , spanned
1. countable noun
A span is the period of time between two dates or events during which something exists, functions, or happens.
The batteries had a life span of six hours. [+ of]
Gradually the time span between sessions will increase.
Synonyms: period, term, duration, course  
2. countable noun
Your concentration span or your attention span is the length of time you are able to concentrate on something or be interested in it.
His ability to absorb information was astonishing, but his concentration span was short.
Young children have a limited attention span.
3. verb [no passive]
If something spans a long period of time, it lasts throughout that period of time or relates to that whole period of time.
His professional career spanned 16 years. [VERB noun]
The film spans almost a quarter-century. [VERB noun]
Lining a corridor is a wall of photographs spanning his rugby days.
4. verb [no passive]
If something spans a range of things, all those things are included in it.
Bernstein's compositions spanned all aspects of music, from symphonies to musicals. [VERB noun]
...a remarkable man whose interests spanned almost every aspect of nature. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: extend over, cover, encompass, last  
5. countable noun
The span of something that extends or is spread out sideways is the total width of it from one end to the other.
It is a very pretty butterfly, with a 2 inch wing span.
The hip joint is a hand span below the waist.
6. verb
A bridge or other structure that spans something such as a river or a valley stretches right across it.
Travellers cross a footbridge that spans a little stream. [VERB noun]
...the humped iron bridge spanning the railway. [VERB noun]
Floors can span 100 metres without any visible means of support. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: extend across, cross, bridge, cover  
7.  See also spick and span
Idioms:
spick and span
very clean, neat, and tidy
When she arrived, she found Ann dusting the furniture, making sure the house was spick and span.
Collocations:
area spans
An open-plan living/dining area spans the length of the house and there are four bedrooms with water views.
Times, Sunday Times
The safe-standing area spans the top five rows across the length of the home end behind one of the goals.
Times, Sunday Times
The area spans 44,347 km and contains about 30,000 inhabitants.
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The area spans a distance of 700 km.
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The teeing area spans the distance between the markers, and extends two-club lengths behind the markers.
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collection spans
The collection spans a wide range of visual images from copies of mid 15th century maps to current photographs.
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The collection spans roughly 5 years of music, some of which had been previously unreleased.
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The collection spans works from the 15th century to the 19th century, and was accumulated mostly over the last 2-3 decades.
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The collection spans the years 1928-1992 and documents his career including his education, architectural practice, and patented inventions.
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The collection spans the years of 1987-2009 and includes scores, audio and video recordings, and a small amount of personal papers.
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history spans
The history spans from the very beginning of life into our own future.
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Built in 1876 to help stranded sailors, its long colorful history spans nearly 70 years.
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Its history spans nearly two centuries.
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Its history spans more than three centuries.
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network spans
His fluid social network spans old aristocracy and new money.
Times, Sunday Times
Its network spans primary healthcare polyclinics, acute care hospitals, national speciality centres, innovative virtual speciality centres and business divisions.
Times, Sunday Times
Currently the whole network spans 60km mi using 68 stations, thus being the biggest metro system in the country.
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The total network spans 28-kilometres (17 mi).
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The network spans the whole country.
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span a spectrum
The labs prototype development capabilities span the spectrum from mechanical and electronics design and fabrication to full system integration including embedded computing and control systems.
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A fanbase that spans the spectrum from bikers to celebrity rappers, some came in spiked helmets, some draped in silver-andblack versions of the stars and stripes.
The Sun
The histology of brain stem gliomas spans the spectrum of gliomas located elsewhere in the central nervous system.
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The journal publishes empirical reports and theoretical reviews spanning the spectrum of organizational behavior research.
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span roughly
The faultlines are separated by 1 km (0.6 mi) and span roughly 23 km and 22 km (14 mi), respectively.
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The collected poems span roughly 170 years.
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They ultimately analyzed over 200 ancient cat skeletons that spanned roughly 9,000 years.
Smithsonian Mag
Reinforced concrete's global heyday spanned roughly from the 1920s to the 60s, when exposed, cantilevered concrete was all the (modernist) rage.
The Times Literary Supplement
Development for the game spanned roughly 18 months.
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span the width of
An archway from the entrance hall leads through to the drawing room, with its oak parquet flooring and casement windows that span the width of the room.
Times, Sunday Times
Upstage, a series of trapdoors span the width of the stage with a series or movable and replaceable panels covering them.
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The entry leads into two central rooms, one after the other, that span the width of the structure east to west.
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The entranceway has rectangular overhead beams that span the width of the passageway, wide enough to allow sentries to walk across.
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It was designed with a neoclassical facade, and features moorish arches that span the width of the interior hall.
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wing span
Clothes moths are small, with a wing span of about 1cm and brown with a golden or silvery sheen.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They often fly high across the sky in the last minutes of daylight, and have a wing span of almost two feet.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some have a wing span of more than 7ft.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Translations:
Chinese: 时间段两时间点之间的, 持续两时间点之间的
Japanese: 期間, 及ぶ
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