| 单词 | at widest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat widest at widest: at or to the broadest or fullest point or extent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [phrase] > extended to the widest at widesta1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 57 Though euery drop of water sweare against it, And gape at widst to glut him. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Ogilby Africa 284 Biledulgerid, or Numidia, reckons in length six hundred miles, in breadth where at widest, three and fifty. 1671 J. Torbuck tr. in Ημέραι παρ᾽ Ημέρας iii. 62 By stretching out of both arms at widest, he shews forth most gracious proffers of embracing both Jews and Gentiles. 1769 T. Gray Let. 18 Oct. in Poems (1775) 354 It is nine miles long; and at widest under a mile in breadth. 1833 R. Chambers & W. Chambers Gazetteer Scotl. (new ed.) I. 253/2 It extends ten miles in length from north-west to south-east, by a breadth of about four miles at widest. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 150/2 Every algebraical result is of the form a+b√(–1) at widest, or may be reduced to that form. 1896 R. Ward Rec. Big Game 270/1 Girth at widest over hump... 9 [ft.] 4 [in.]. 1942 A. Stone Fruitflies of Genus Anastrepha (Misc. Publ. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 439) 15 Ovipositor slender, the tip at widest about 0.07 mm. wide. 2009 Jrnl. Paleontol. 83 932/1 Prothorax heart-shaped, embossed, 7.3 mm long, 6.9 at widest. < as lemmas |
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